Outlines a leadership model premised on physical presence that signals inner harmony and external empathy. The construct, drawing heavily on aikido, comprises centering, facing, extending, entering, and blending. The crux: ‘There’s an indispensable kind of person who cuts a path in the world not simply because of his or her own achievements but because of what he or she has enabled others to achieve. This is a leader who brings focus and energy to a community and helps define the purpose and meaning of living in a particularly place an time.’ A long article would have sufficed — otherwise forgettable.