Top Items About Leadership
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Quotes | A former professor on Google's co-founders' visionary leadership | “Larry and Sergey [Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin] believe that if you try to get everybody on board it will... | root | 169 | |
| Anecdotes | Alfred Sloan: Groupthink | "Gentlemen, I take it that we are all in complete agreement on the decision here," General Motors chief Alfred P.... | Anonymous | 96 | |
| Anecdotes | Life at the Googleplex | "People are pretty creative and wild here," Google co-founder Larry Page once remarked of the company`s offices... | Anonymous | 67 | |
| Anecdotes | 17.5% Moron? | In 2002, Sir Nicholas Montagu appeared on a BBC-TV quiz show ("University Challenge Reunited") to compete with his old... | Anonymous | 58 | |
| Quotes | Antoine de Saint-Exupery on leadership | “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them... | root | 54 | |
| Anecdotes | IBM CEO Thomas Watson responds to a critical article | In 1940, Fortune magazine published a critical article about IBM in its tenth anniversary issue. | root | 44 | |
| Anecdotes | J. Edgar Hoover: Tower of Power | "A visit to [FBI chief] J. Edgar Hoover`s office was like going to see the Wizard of Oz. One was escorted through a series... | Anonymous | 43 | |
| Anecdotes | Conquistador | In 1518, Hernando Cortes asked the Spanish governor to sponsor an expedition to Mexico. The governor, eager to capture... | Anonymous | 43 | |
| Anecdotes | Trafalgar | While preparing for the battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson, aboard HMS Victory,... | Anonymous | 40 | |
| Anecdotes | Walter Chrysler helps stranded motorists | Walter Chrysler was already an accomplished locomotive mechanic when in 1905 he purchased an expensive automobile, borrowing... | root | 38 |
