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No Secrets

By: Michael AneiroWed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM
Can you keep a secret? Not if it's about leadership, judging by the raft of books exposing secrets of nearly everyone.

The Most Effective Organization in the U.S.: Leadership Secrets of the Salvation Army (Crown Business, 2001)

"All organizations are composed of people . . . who don't abandon their individual needs and hopes when they come together."

The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell (McGraw-Hill, 2002)

"Leaders who care more about being liked . . . hurt both their own credibility and their organization's performance."

29 Leadership Secrets From Jack Welch (McGraw-Hill, 2002)

"Tomorrow's leaders must raise issues, debate them, and resolve them."

The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus (The Walk the Talk Co., 2003)

"Think your job is tough? Try recruiting in . . . the North Pole."

Leadership Secrets of Saint Paul (Chariot Victor, 2003)

"In a time before faxes . . . the Internet, even mass printing, he dazzled a disinterested market."

Topics:

Leadership, Work/Life, leadership skills, Business Books, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., Effective Organization, North Pole, United States, The Salvation Army

From Issue 86 | September 2004

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