In fact, honesty is the ONLY policy! According to Kouzes and Posner in the Leadership Challenge, Honesty is the single most identified trait of Leaders that others want to follow. Everybody wants their supervisor, their Pastor, their CEO, their Mayor, their Senators and Congressmen, their President to be honest. But, of course, everyone also wants their spouse, their parents, their children, their coworkers, and their friends to be honest as well. It may not be the trait which gets you promoted, but it is definitely the trait, that if not practiced, will get you fired . . . or lead to divorce . . . or see you alone with no friends.