Jim Stroup
The most sensible thing Peter Drucker ever said about leadership is this: “Leadership is all hype. We’ve had three great leaders in this century—Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.” He was right. Those guys had it all: vision, oratorical ability, relationship-building skills, charisma, relentless focus, outside-the-box thinking, follower-attracting magnetism.
Supply your own essential leadership characteristic, and it should not be difficult to make the argument that these fellows … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Jim Stroup | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subject: Leadership
Jim Stroup
We naturally develop patterns of thought and behavior over time. These are a sort of survival technique, enabling us to deal with what life has taught us can be classified and dealt with by recourse to routine approaches. As a result, our reservoirs of intellectual energy are freed from being drained by repetitive solutions to the same problems, and are available to be alert to … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Jim Stroup | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subjects: Decision Making, Thought
Managing Leadership: Toward A New And Usable Understanding Of What Leadership Really Is—and How To Manage It
Retired U.S. Marine and organizational leadership expert Jim Stroup lives, consults and writes in Istanbul, Turkey. He has written Managing Leadership to present a new look at what organizational leadership really is, and how it can be successfully managed. Through many business and military examples, Stroup presents a clear view of what he sees is wrong with the current practice of individual leadership, how problems … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Author: Jim Stroup | Subject: Leadership