Leadership isn’t charism or panache; it mind-numbing attention to detail. It doesn’t necessarily take management genius. What it does take is heart. Tru leaders-those who don’t merely go through the motions-must learn what it means to have heart, and must be able to make that heart grow.rnIn The Heart of Leadership: 12 Practices of Courageous Leaders, Dusty Staub literally gets to the heart of the matter. Within its pages we learn about the four chambers that make up the heart of every true leader: competency, intimacy, integrity, and passion.rnAnd just as exercise is necessary to strengthen the human heart, exercise is also essential to developing the muscle of the heart of leadership. To that end, Staub teaches us the 12 practices that every leader must follow.