Strategic leadership

I feel that A leader should be someone that is concentrated on a goal and is willing to do anything to achieve it. With this said, a good leader's enthusiam will impact who he/she is leading. For example, Welsch from General Electric is a good leader. But for what reason? He is a good leader because he believes that his job is managing people effectively. He believes that if he assesses people in the right manner he will get the right results out of them. He believes in the philosphy of appraising people, but only if you are completely honest. Being dishonest with a person regarding their work is the worst thing that you can do to that particular person because it doesnt help them, it hurts them. Welsch, in some ways is a different type of leader because of his attitude, but how can you hate someone who is always honest. It's easy to understand why he is so succesfull. His "straight shooter" ethics have made him billions of dollars, so it's impossible to argue with his methods.