Leadership requires individual effort and learning. But we're missing a key component in our own development if we're not looking at the leaders who came before us. For better and for worse.

This week, picture that leader ... that person you worked with, studied with, traveled with, confided in ... who you would follow, unquestionably, to Hell and back. We often learn a lot from the folks who did it wrong. This time around, focus on the ones who did it right. What can you learn from them, what can you apply in your own way, how can you adapt and become a better version of the leader they were?