The readers will find a large number of books been written on leadership, but 'Leading Minds' by Howard Gardner is considered to be one of the best. The author has used stories and examples of world class leaders from different fields to focus, how leaders mind work, how they influence their subjects and how they lead.

He has illustrated the life and works of Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Jean Monnet, Margret Thatcher, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pope John XXIII, Alfred P. Sloan, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Margaret Mead and George Marshall in this book to explain how leaders lead?

In this issue we illustrate below two small examples from the life of George Marshall who was chief of allied forces at the fag end of the 2nd world war.

"Marshall served as the ultimate model of integrity. His personal honesty and sense of honor were beyond question. He was universally seen as selfless, without a hint of self-promotion or self-pity. He bent over backwards to avoid any kind of special favors for himself or for those associated with him. Indeed, he spurned even the slightest hint of any special treatment for the offspring of his second wife, one of whom ultimately died in combat; and he was equally unrelenting when asked to extend privileges to Kay Summersby, the driver and presumed lover of General Dwight D. Eisenhower."
- Howard Gardner

We suggest readers to read this book.

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