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Jesus Christ, Adolph Hitler, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis Khan, Mother Teresa, Mohammed, Buddha, Gandhi, George Washington, William the Conqueror, Martin Luther, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Thatcher, Mao Tse-Tung and the list goes on and on. What do all of these people have in common? Some accomplished phenomenal things for mankind. Others are remembered for some of the most horrendous acts ever committed by a human being. The common characteristic of all, however, is that they were leaders.
The qualities that it takes to make a leader stay the same regardless of what purpose their leadership will ultimately serve. While we remember some leaders honorably we remember others with disdain. Some are obviously on a different plane than those who are noble, successful, and altruistic but their leadership qualities are still admirable and worthy of study. All are transformational leaders. The direction of that transformation, however, can obviously be radically different.
Transformation that comes about as a product of leadership can take variable directions as well. Effective leaders have what is termed "situation control", the ability to change the situation according to their own strengths and weaknesses (Biographical Dictionary of Management, 2001). Consider, for example, the leadership of men like John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates. Each have phenomenal leadership skills. Are their skills any different, however, than those that have convinced people to invest billions in pyramid schemes, those that have led people to invest in shady land deals, or ethical night ...