Leadership is a word used and misused by many today. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say anyone who hasn't served in the military in some form doesn't have any basis to speak about leadership in the presence of crisis, uncertainty and chaos.
Here's some quotes from a proven leader, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. I was in his presence at the 1960 Boy Scout Jamboree in 1960 at the US Air Force Academy. His words are sorely missing from today's leaders.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Never spend a moment thinking about people you don't like.
Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.
People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.
Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.
A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.
