20 The Leadership Delusion
“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.”
Ralph Nader, Attorney consumer advocate, and political activist
“Here's the problem: Our business is growing steadily at 25%. We're taking on new staff every year, but we haven't found a way to develop new leaders at anything like the same rate…”
I was speaking with the practice manager for a consulting group that works with Global 1000 companies. His comments echo a sentiment I've heard repeatedly from company directors over the years, “We need more leaders; they're hard to find and even harder to make!”
A recent search for the term “leadership” on Amazon returned 93,606 books. All over the world, people attend programmes, read books and listen to audios, ...
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