Originally posted by Turi Giuliano:
I'm not doing this to sound controversial but when you leadership is ever brought up Hitler must be considered as one, if not, the greatest modern leaders of the world. Look at theorists and theories of leaders and leadership (of which I've seen plenty). They all go along the same lines as saying leadership is about influencing others to achieve goals. What Hitler did, to get the millions and millions of people behind him and to ACTUALLY believe in his cause, is something rare.
True leadership is also based on power and not authority. Don't confuse the two. Your boss tells you to do something you do it. That's authority, that's the chain of command. Don't get me wrong, Hitler used that as well but it was his true power over people and using something other than authority. It's the intigibles.
When you talk about how Hitler turned Germany around from a dump after WWI, to a super power, he set out and influenced others, he very much should be considered as one. I agree with you.
Though I hope that mother fucker burns in hell and has pineapples shoved up his ass hourly.
