Ultimately, what matters most in leaders is not their raw talent or their personal style. What matters is how seamlessly their talent and style mesh with the organization they are leading. Great leaders in one setting would be terrible in another. Could you imagine Phil Knight at the head of Berkshire Hathaway? Or Warren Buffett running Nike?The quote is from an article in a Washington Post section I just discovered called "On Leadership." The particular article isn't of great interest to me, it's just a comparison of the leadership between Tom Brady and Eli Manning--very pop, fluffy stuff if you ask me. But a quick look at the On Leadership homepage is promising.
I'm far more apt to respect leadership advice from newspaper columnists than I am from authors, researchers, or other self-proclaimed "experts" in the field. Folks in the latter grouping are too invested in making a profit from their advice, and so it undermines their credibility.
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