Great Leader ? LO6352
Bill Fulkerson (fulkerson_william_f@90.deere.com)
Mon, 01 Apr 1996 07:55:57 -0600
In LO6301 Archie Kregear wrote:
<The next struggle came as I wrestled with most of the writings that
<placed leaders on a tall pedestal. Many of the authors only talked
<about dynamic leaders, the Winston Churchills, the John Kennedy's. With
<this perspective leadership is only available to the few. Leaders in
<this sense tend to direct attention to themselves. However, as I looked
<at what leaders really do, (and here is one area where I would like all
<of you to dialog in this concept with me) all a leader really does is
<influence.
Speaking of putting leadrs on pedestals, I think of two quotes:
#1 ...
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.-Stewart Udall
#2
The men in the ranks are too often forgotten in the adulation we give
the leaders. Brown's memory will never be as sacred a thing to me as
the memory of some who fell with him.
- George Gill (treasurer of John Brown's provisional government)
Bill Fulkerson
wf28155@deere.com
--
Bill Fulkerson <fulkerson_william_f@90.deere.com>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations
For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>