There are some people you meet and every time you are in their presence you learn something new. I was in Grayson Stadium in Savannah (GA) on Monday night for two reasons. The first was to watch a baseball game between the home team, the Savannah Bananas, and the visiting Florence (KY) Y’alls.

The second reason was to celebrate the release of a book by Bananas Owner Jesse Cole that I had the good fortune to help him write. The book is titled Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas.

Every team and every member of a team has their ups and downs, but a leader’s responsibility is to keep his or her downs to a minimum and, more often than not, set the right tone for the rest of the team. Consistency is one of the hallmarks of true leadership (and greatness) precisely because, as we all say, “as goes the leader, so goes the team.”