Idea Book
Leadership

See also:  Management

It is much safer to obey than to rule  Thomas à Kempis

In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, gets up, and goes  John Erskine

Show me a country, a company, or an organization that is doing well and I'll show you a good leader  Joseph E. Brooks

When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are  Robert H. Grant

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity  Mahatma Gandhi

A gifted leader is one who is capable of touching your heart  J.S. Potofsky

The first requisite in running a major corporation is the ability to pick good people  Lee Iacocca

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless  Charles de Gaulle

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in other men the conviction and the will to carry on  Walter Lippmann