Quiet Leadership

A recent quote I heard from Richard Armitage related to quiet leadership is one that really resonated with me - that quiet leadership INSPIRES loyalty rather than COMMANDS it.   I do think that it is more effective for people to want to follow a leader rather than to follow out of fear or whatever else externally motivates them.  And that's what he tried to emulate in his Thorin character in the Hobbit movie, which I felt was effectively done.