This is fascinating to me because it is like seeing things from the other direction. In work, I am the follower, although in my current job I have done more leading. And it's true that you can't be truthful it seems to all people. There's an angle to everything, and it's always to get people (to inspire them) to do what you want them to do. You might do a survey or environmental scan to create ideas of what you want the end game to be, but you know the endgame at the beginning. There are areas where you get a taste of this kind of leadership. One is owning your own business. I remember at first as a store owner how customers would be very friendly, and it would seem like friends. Then they would begin asking for things. Of course, I became more reserved and polite but not too interested. This article might seem negative, but I don't see it that way. I see it as being realistic and showing a psychological perspective in human behavior that many are too ignorant to even know.