“…Leaders are the kind of people who love a challenge, who discover that old ways no longer work and who do not become insecure of the strange, uncertain and challenging (Bain, 2012). The properties of professional leaders also become apparent in research on distinguishing features of honours students: they have higher intrinsic motivation (Kazemier, Offringa, Eggens, & Wolfensberger, 2014;Wolfensberger & Offringa, 2012), possess more cultural empathy and open mindedness (Kool & Wolfensberger, 2014), are more extroverted and conscientious (Pullen, Griffioen, Schoonenboom, De Koning & Beishuizen, 2014) and proactive (Banis, 2014). In honours education there is more space for students to make their own choices in their education.…”