Understanding the Basis for Leadership

"Great leaders through out history have used a number of styles: personal bravery (Alexander the Great), fear (Attila the Hun), eloquence (Churchill), charisma (T.E. Lawrence), coalition building (Franklin Roosevelt), autocracy (Patton), and ideas (Martin Luther)."

Source: Beatty and Burkholder, The Executive Career Guide for MBAs: Inside Advice on Getting to the Top from Today's Business Leaders. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1996.