Effects of leadership on organizational performance; on society

What is the value of leadership for organizational performance?

10 Management Lessons from Harold Geneen

A lot.  According to Harold Geneen, a great  business manager of the ITT congrolomorate, it can mean as 70% of the total performance.  That is why CEOs are given insane obscene salaries, bonus, stock option.

Do you agree?  How do you rate your leadership effectiveness?

/The results of the work of the leaders may be earth shaking, game changing:  victory in a war, independence from foreign domination, peace treaty, merger, new business acquisition.  But it could be relatively simple achievement or perceived as insignificant.

Take for example some of these :

1.  Dr to the barrio program;
2.  Herbal medicine.
3.  $10 dialysis;
4.  $1,100 bypass operation
5.  Penning the map of China;
6.  Adjusting the world calendar.
7.   Having data on  earthquake around the world
8.  Predicting of tides time and height
9.  Inventing rice that yields 300 cavans per hectare
10.  Building artesian wells in a community affected bu water borne diseases

Do you think they are significant achievements?  We go on our daily lives thinking of how we can be promoted in our job, or get wealthier, or enjoy more blessings.  Heroism is sometimes lost.

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