From — The Introduction

All leadership and followership is a relationship. Leadership only exists within the context of this relationship. This is why the best leaders have mastered the art of relating well. That’s what this book is about: helping you master your ability to relate well when it is difficult; when you feel challenged, threatened, hurt, abandoned, betrayed, or whatever it might be. Those are some of the most serious leadership storms. Then, having learned this, to create a team and organization which can do the same.