Consistency is an often-neglected essential for effective leadership [Download PDF version]: Li #176 Leader: Be Predictably You ONE OF THE OLDEST stories passed down to us is Aesop’s fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” You probably remember the outline. A shepherd boy is responsible for watching over the sheep. He’s alone in the hills and terribly bored, so he decides to shout the warning cry, “WOLF! WOLF!” Townspeople come running to help fight off the predator, but when they