May 09, 2009

A Definition of Leadership

"Leadership is not magnetic personality - that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people - that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." --Peter Drucker

May 9, 2009 9:17:05 AM | Leadership, Management

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