A few years ago, my friend Peter Adler hosted a meeting on Capitol Hill entitled "Political Courage and the Power of Bridge-Building" that involved some notable participants from the beltway scene. That conversation served as the seed that's grown into a new book and DVD series entitled "Eye of the Storm Leadership: 150 Ideas, Stories, Quotes, and Exercises on the Art and Politics of Managing Human Hurricanes."
Information on the book is available here:
www.eyeofthestormleadership.com.
A related article on Mediate.com addressing the same issue in connection to the current presidential race can be found here:
http://www.mediate.com/articles/adlerstorm.cfm
Definitely worth checking out.