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 had it, or could have been argued by themselves or their followers to have it. Moreover, they had the unconstrained maneuvering room to give their leadership the untrammeled free rein that the modern movement’s gurus also insist is vital.

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