I've used the fantastic Band of Brothers series in a leadership lecture before and I still love it. Watch this video and see, especially in the first few minutes, how Captain Winters (the red-haired guy) gets his men to advance on the village under extreme conditions.

It is amazing to me, every time I read or see a depiction or hear a story of men under fire. How do they do it? Why do they do it? Part of it is pure leadership - these men see a leader and follow him. More important is not just that he leads, but that they know him. And trust him. Why else would a man get out of the relative safety of a ditch and run into machine gun fire? They trust their captain.

Can we say that about the people under us? Will they do the nasty parts of their jobs willingly? Do you lead them into that nastiness? Do they trust you, know you, and believe you'd only ask them if it was best for them, the company, and, especially in their eyes, for you?