The best way of creating transcendental leadership is by example. ``When governance has the texture of service it calls for a like response from those governed'' (Block, 1993,p. 22). Thus, the most important competence of transcendental leaders ± besides their capacity to negotiate and control transactions, and their capacity to create and communicate a vision ± is their integrity and capacity to sacrifice themselves in the service of their collaborators, even at the expense of their own interests. These competencies are positive habits acquired through interactions between the leader and
his or her collaborators. In this sense the transcendental leader is also different from the servant-leader, for whom service is the fruit of a ``natural feeling''. For the transcendental leader the capacity for service is a habit acquired on the basis of interaction with his or her collaborators,with or without natural sentiments for service, although with a sense of
responsibility for the people whom he or she leads and serves. A habit thus acquired is more consistent than behavior that is exclusively based on a sentiment and,therefore, it is more probable that it will create or reinforce the collaborator's transcendent motivation that is required of a contribution partnership.