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HOW INDIVIDUALS DEVELOP THEMSELVES

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All over this country, in corporations and government agencies, there are millions of executives who imagine that their place on the organization chart has given them a body of followers. And of course, it hasn’t. It has given them subordinates. Whether the subordinates become followers depends on whether the executives act like leaders.

—JOHN GARDNER

The Age-Old Questions

When the subject turns to leadership, someone inevitably asks the question, “Well, aren’t leaders born that way?” A manager asks, “Can I ...

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