Humility is a very uncommon trait in the American CEO. it is sometimes found in Asia, where it is generally admired. It is often a trait of the most effective leaders, even in the United States, as it was in the most well respected of all American political leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Once, when the Civil War was not going well for the Union side, a high-ranking general suggested that the nation needed to get rid of Lincoln and have a dictatorship instead. The comment came to Lincoln's ears. Lincoln nevertheless promoted the general to the top command in the army and told him, "I am appointing you to command despite, not because of, what you said. Bring us victories, and I'll risk the dictatorship.