I like Modesto Maidique’s (visiting professor at Harvard Business School) Six Types of Leadership:
1. Sociopath: Who destroys everything for his satisfaction. Adolf Hitler
2. Opportunist: Who only thinks of himself/herself at the cost of others: Bernie Madoff and Enron CEO Jeffery Skilling who very much qualifies for this type
3. Chameleon:Who try to please everyone all the time, Maidique fails to give example, says it doesn’t work too well with them as they don’t tend to rise too far in organisations. But Maidique goes on to say in politics, they abound.
4. Achiever: Who is goal-oriented, good at beating sales targets Maidique puts former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd in this category.
5. Builder: Who serves no goal but an institution with a grand vision, which is not affected by the fluctuations in short-term profit or stockmarket valuations. IBM’s Tom Watson, Jr., General Motors’ Alfred P. Sloan, and Oprah Winfrey
6.Transcendent: Who work to benefit all of society. Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Dalai Lama.
There is only one leadership quality I always admire..
0. Servant Leadership: Who serves others at the cost of his life, not as one who destroys everything for satisfaction, not being selfish, not acting to please others, not focussed towards achieving his goals for the benefits which are hidden behind his intentions, not serving an institution with preconceived ideas, thoughts and concepts, which he or she acquired over a period of time, not benefiting a particular society but on the whole.
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