Leadership expert Geoff Smart wrote off government as hopeless. He saw what you see. Governments are failing. Everywhere. But something happened that sparked a year-long journey of discovery. And changed his perspective forever. Geoff went behind the scenes and listened to great leaders who went into government at the national, state, and local levels. Many of them came from the private sector. And when you learn what he learned, you'll have new-found hope for what government can become. Yes, government is on the wrong path, one defined by increasing bureaucracy and dysfunction. But there is a better path: leadocracy. This path is based on the idea that a government is only as good as those who serve in it. If we answer questions about what defines great leaders and how to break down the obstacles that make them avoid government, we will set ourselves on the path to leadocracy. A provocative manifesto in the spirit of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, Leadocracy could be one of the most talked about publications of the 2012 election year and beyond.