Time magazine recently posted a wonderful article about the leadership lessons of Nelson Mandela. Here's a quote from the author:
I've always thought of what you are about to read as Madiba's Rules
(Madiba, his clan name, is what everyone close to him calls him), and
they are cobbled together from our conversations old and new and from
observing him up close and from afar. They are mostly practical. Many
of them stem directly from his personal experience. All of them are
calibrated to cause the best kind of trouble: the trouble that forces
us to ask how we can make the world a better place.
Read the complete article by clicking here
The eights lessons are:
- Courage is not the absence
of fear — it's inspiring others to move beyond it
- Lead from the front — but don't
leave your base behind
- Lead from the back — and let
others believe they are in front
- Know your enemy — and learn
about his favorite sport
- Keep your friends close — and your rivals even closer
- Appearances matter — and remember to smile
- Nothing is black or white
- Quitting is leading too
