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nIt is said that one form of mastery is making the complex simple and easy for the user. For example, the incredibly complex technology that makes an iPhone work is made elegantly simple and easy for the user. In this little book, we are going to see complexity made elegantly simple and effective in leadership. While many have defined what makes good leaders, few have presented an actual process of becoming a good or even great leader. The process of becoming something better requires growth both personally and professionally. As most of us know, transformation for human beings is often difficult. We want to be different, expanded, better, but seem to unconsciously fall back into old familiar patterns. Emerging and even seasoned leaders face the same challenges when it comes to transforming themselves into the best leaders they can be. There is a second challenge to becoming a great leader which has been virtually invisible. It is the legacy paradigms or models for leadership themselves. We have, for the most part, defined leadership and management within the legacy top/down, directive model that long ago was made obsolete by a higher-level leadership paradigm, systems-based leadership. The reason for the emergence of this higher-level leadership paradigm is simple. Systems-based leadership creates more value in businesses than its predecessor. Stuck in the old model, we see even good execution often resulting in less-than-optimal management, leadership, and outcomes. However