21 Great Leaders: Learn Their Lessons, Improve Your Influence (41 page)
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Authors: Pat Williams
These twenty-one leaders have given us the pattern. Now it’s our turn to make leadership history. The complete seven-sided leader is fully prepared to meet every leadership test, to conquer every leadership challenge.
And the leader who is complete will never be forgotten.
Don’t kneel to me. That is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy. I am but God’s humble instrument
.
A
BRAHAM
L
INCOLN
(
AFTER A FORMER SLAVE BOWED DOWN TO HIM
, 1865)
OTES
Chapter 1
1
Marvin Olasky, “No More Fantasyland,” Townhall.com, October 16, 2001,
http://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2001/10/16/no_more_fantasyland
.
2
Jim Clemmer,
The Leader’s Digest: Timeless Principles for Team and Organization Success
(Kitchener, ON: TCG Press, 2003), 39.
3
Disneyland Resort, “Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure Park Fact Sheet,”
DisneylandNews.com
, July 31, 2014,
http://disneylandnews.com/2014/07/31/buena-vista-street-at-disney-california-adventure-park-fact-sheet/
.
4
Grace Norwich,
I Am Walt Disney
(New York: Scholastic, 2014), 39.
5
Brian Burnes, Dan Viets, and Robert W. Butler,
Walt Disney’s Missouri: The Roots of a Creative Genius
(Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Star Books, 2002), 10–12.
6
“Disneyland Long a Dream of Walt,”
Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram
, Friday, July 15, 1955, 46.
7
Bob Aycock, “Walt Wednesdays: Dreaming Up Disneyland,”
MagicalDaddy.com
, April 16, 2014,
http://magicaldaddy.com/tag/griffith-park-merry-go-round/
.
8
William J. O’Neil,
Business Leaders & Success: 55 Top Business Leaders and How They Achieved Greatness
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004), 9.
9
Gene N. Landrum,
Profiles of Power and Success: Fourteen Geniuses Who Broke the Rules
(New York: Prometheus, 1996), 352.
10
Sam Land, “The Magic Kingdom: A Grand Entrance,” SamLand’s Disney Adventures, September 20, 2011,
http://samlanddisney.blogspot.com/2011/09/magic-kingdom-grand-entrance_20.html
.
11
Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson,
The Disney Way, Revised Edition: Harnessing the Management Secrets of Disney in Your Company
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006), ix.
Chapter 2
1
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, “Nelson Mandela, the Father,”
The New Yorker
, May 3, 2013,
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/nelson-mandela-the-father
.
2
Rita Bernard, ed.,
The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 270.
3
Nelson Mandela,
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
(New York: Back Bay Books, 1995), 19.
4
Ibid., 21.
5
Ibid., 22.
6
Ibid., 23.
7
Ibid., 46.
8
Ibid., 201.
9
Ibid., 283.
10
Edward J Perkins,
Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006), 250.
11
David Beresford, “Row Over ‘Mother of the Nation’ Winnie Mandela,”
The Guardian
, January 27, 1989,
http://www.theguardian.com/century/1980-1989/Story/0,,110268,00.html
.
12
Roque Planas, “Why Nelson Mandela Loved Fidel Castro,”
Huffington Post
, December 6, 2013,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/06/nelson-mandela-castro_n_4400212.html
.
13
Mike Cohen, Franz Wild, and Amogelang Mbatha, “Mandela Dies with Rainbow Nation Dream Still Work in Progress,” Bloomberg News, December 5, 2013,
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-06/mandela-dies-with-rainbow-nation-dream-still-work-in-progress.html
.
14
John Carlin,
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
(New York: Penguin, 2008), 188.
15
Carmine Gallo,
10 Simple Secrets of the World’s Greatest Business Communicators
(Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2005), 46.
16
Andrew Ross Sorkin, “How Mandela Shifted Views on Freedom of Markets,” DealBook,
New York Times
, December 9, 2013,
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/how-mandela-shifted-views-on-freedom-of-markets/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
.
Chapter 3
1
Steve Jobs, “Steve Jobs Lost Interview 1990,”
YouTube.com
, February 19, 2012, online video transcribed by the author,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMD6sjAe8I
.
2
Ibid., 97.
3
Michael Moritz,
The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer
(New York: William Morrow, 1984), 101.
4
Walter Isaacson,
Steve Jobs
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011), 53; cf. Scott Cohen,
Zap! The Rise and Fall of Atari
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984), 54–55, and Stephen Kent,
The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon and Beyond—The Story behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
(New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001), Kindle ed. (unnumbered pages).
5
Isaacson,
Steve Jobs
, 53–54.
6
Sharon Begley, “Jobs’s Unorthodox Treatment,”
TheDailyBeast.com
, October 5, 2011,
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dies-his-unorthodox-treatment-for-neuroendocrine-cancer.html
; Ramzi Amri, “Why did Steve Jobs Choose Not to Effectively Treat His Cancer?,”
Quora.com
, October 13, 2011,
http://www.quora.com/Why-did-Steve-Jobs-choose-not-to-effectively-treat-his-cancer
; Dr. Kaayla T. Daniel, “iVegetarian: The High Fructose Diet of Steve Jobs,”
Psychology Today
, January 19, 2012,
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/naughty-nutrition/201201/ivegetarian-the-high-fructose-diet-steve-jobs
.
7
Alice G. Walton, “Steve Jobs’ Cancer Treatment Regrets,”
Forbes
, October 24, 2011,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2011/10/24/steve-jobs-cancer-treatment-regrets/
.
8
Isaacson,
Steve Jobs
, 477.
9
Ibid., 36.
10
Ibid., 548–49.
11
Ibid., 477, 487.
12
Walton, “Steve Jobs’ Cancer Treatment Regrets.”
13
Ibid.
14
Brandon Griggs, “Apple Now Has More Cash Than the U.S. Government,” CNN, July 29, 2011,
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/07/29/apple.cash.government/
.
15
Mona Simpson, “A Sister’s Eulogy,”
New York Times
, October 30, 2011,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-steve-jobs.html?_r=0
.
16
Tate Linden, “Searching for Steve Jobs’s ‘Dent In The Universe,’” Stokefire.com, February 11, 2013,
http://www.stokefire.com/2013/02/searching-for-steve-jobss-dent-in-the-universe/
.
17
Steve Jobs, “‘You Got to Find What You Love,’ Jobs Says,”
Stanford Report
, June 14, 2005,
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
.
18
Pat Williams,
How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life
(Deerfield Beach, FL: HCI, 2004), 28.
19
Randall Stross, “What Steve Jobs Learned in the Wilderness,”
New York Times
, October 2, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/business/03digi.html?_r=0
.
20
Ibid.
21
Ryan Tate, “What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say about Steve Jobs,” Gawker.com, October 7, 2011,
http://gawker.com/5847344/what-everyone-is-too-polite-to-say-about-steve-jobs
.
22
Malcolm Gladwell, “The Tweaker: The Real Genius of Steve Jobs,”
New Yorker
, November 14, 2011,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker?currentPage=all
.
23
Adam Lashinsky, “How Apple Works: Inside the World’s Biggest Startup,”
Fortune
, May 9, 2011,
http://fortune.com/2011/05/09/how-apple-works-inside-the-worlds-biggest-startup/
.
24
Dr. Relly Nadler, “Steve Jobs: Superman Syndrome, Low EQ, High IQ,” PsychologyToday.com, November 16, 2011,
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/leading-emotional-intelligence/201111/steve-jobs-superman-syndrome-low-eq-high-iq
.
25
Nadler, “Jobs: Guru and Goon.”
26
Betsy Morris, “Steve Jobs Speaks Out…On Apple’s Focus,”
CNN/Money
, March 7, 2008,
http://archive.fortune.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0803/gallery.jobsqna.fortune/6.html
.
Chapter 4
1
“History’s Most Inspiring Speaker? Guess Who,” The Churchill Centre, September 2013,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/support/the-churchill-centre/publications/chartwell-bulletin/2013/63-sep/2503-inspiring-speaker-poll
.
2
President John F. Kennedy, “Declaration of Honorary Citizen of United States of America,” April 9, 1963, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/125-united-states-citizen
.
3
Gary Shapiro, “How Churchill Mobilized the English Language,”
New York Sun
, June 12, 2012,
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/how-churchill-mobilized-the-english-language/87862/
.
4
John Mather, MD, “Myth: Churchill’s Speech Impediment Was Stuttering,” The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/myths/myths/he-stuttered
.
5
Harold Begbie,
The Mirrors of Downing Street
(New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921),
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15306/15306-h/15306-h.htm
.
6
Louis J. Alber and Charles J. Rolo, cited in Keith Sharp, “Winston Churchill, Stutterer,” Utstat.UToronto.ca, November 30, 2012,
http://www.utstat.utoronto.ca/sharp/Churchill.htm
.
7
Nicholas Soames, “Sweat and Tears Made Winston Churchill’s Name,”
Telegraph
, May 4, 2011,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/av-referendum/8493345/Sweat-and-tears-made-Winston-Churchills-name.html
.
8
Winston Churchill, “The War Situation: House of Many Mansions,” Broadcast, London, January 20, 1940, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/98-the-war-situation-house-of-many-mansions
.
9
“Finest Hour: September 1940–1941,” The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/biography/timelines/finest-hour-september-1940-1941
.
10
Winston Churchill, “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat,” First Speech as Prime Minister to House of Commons, May 13, 1940, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/92-blood-toil-tears-and-sweat
.
11
Winston Churchill, “We Shall Fight on the Beaches,” House of Commons, June 4, 1940, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/128-we-shall-fight-on-the-beaches
.
12
Winston Churchill, “Their Finest Hour,” House of Commons, June 18, 1940, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/122-their-finest-hour
.
13
Winston Churchill, “Never Give In,” Harrow School, October 29, 1941, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/103-never-give-in
.
14
Winston Churchill, “This is Your Victory,” Ministry of Health, London, May 8, 1945, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/123-this-is-your-victory
; compared and corrected against the BBC audio recording at
http://www.archive.org/download/Winston_Churchill/1945-05-08_BBC_Winston_Churchill_VE_Day_Celebrations_Ministry_of_Health_Building.mp3
.
15
Clark Clifford, “Cold War—Episode Two: Iron Curtain,” CNN Perspective Series, October 25, 2007,
https://web.archive.org/web/20071025031206/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/02/interviews/clifford/
.
16
Winston Churchill, “The Sinews of Peace,” Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, March 5, 1946, The Churchill Centre,
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill/1946-1963-elder-statesman/120-the-sinews-of-peace
.
17
Shapiro, “How Churchill Mobilized the English Language.”
18
Ecclesiastes 6:11.
Chapter 5
1
Martin Luther King Jr., “
Chapter 1
: Early Years,” in
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr
., The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute,
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/chapter_1_early_years/
.