6 April
Qualities of a Leader
Leadership is the lifting of a man's vision to higher sights.
The leader who basically focuses on himself or herself is going to mislead. The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any other trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and [somebody else]. What matters is not the leader's charisma. For leadership is not magnetic personality— that can just as well be demagoguery. It is not "making friends and influencing people"—that is flattery. Leadership is the lifting of a man's vision to higher sights, the raising of a man's performance to a higher standard, the building of a man's personality beyond its normal limitations. Nothing better prepares the ground for such leadership than a spirit of management that confirms in the day-to-day practices of the organization strict principles of conduct and responsibility, high standards of performance, and respect for the individual and his work.
4月6日
领导者的品质
领导是提升个人视野，达到更高的高度。
如果领导者过于专注于自己，他或她将误导他人。本世纪最具魅力的三位领导者，希特勒、斯大林和[另外某人]，为人类带来的痛苦几乎超越了历史上任何其他三位领导者。重要的不是领导者的魅力。因为领导力并非是具有吸引力的个性——那也可以是蛊惑性政治。领导力也不是“交朋友并影响他人”——那只是奉承。领导力是提升个人视野，达到更高的境界，是提升个人绩效到更高标准，是超越个人常规限制塑造个人的个性。没有什么比组织中管理精神的日常实践更能为这种领导力铺平道路，它强调行为和责任的严格原则，高标准的绩效，以及对个体及其工作的尊重。
