| We know them and the pictures of these well to do | | | | company worth billions of dollars. His style of leadership |
| and well known people are flashed across TV | | | | led him to be called both ruthless and fair at the same |
| screens daily. We also see them in magazines on a | | | | time in the business decisions that he made. Managers |
| regular basis. People love celebrities and so they | | | | were allowed to do whatever they wanted as long as |
| monitor every move that these famous celebrities | | | | were able to create continuous change and do |
| make, they also daydream about what it is to live the | | | | whatever they had to do a whole lot better. |
| life of these celebrities. Wondering how they got there | | | | Leona Helmsley: |
| as well is also part of the curiosity mix. For people who | | | | This woman was renowned for her autocratic and |
| took the time out to work their way to the top and not | | | | tyrannical style of leadership. She was the president of |
| on a circumstantial basis, that is part of the usual rise | | | | the equally popular Helmsley hotel chain and went to |
| that people experience on a regular basis. | | | | jail when her employees gave away hotel records |
| When we consider leaders we do not only think of | | | | implicating her in tax evasion schemes. From then on |
| those that have been good and exemplary. In history | | | | she traded her life from living in a hotel suite to staying |
| you will have plenty examples of different kinds of | | | | in a jail cell. |
| leaders from which you can choose from. Some of | | | | John F. Kennedy: |
| these leaders make us smile while others make us | | | | He was a very charismatic leader who along with is |
| want to do the opposite and erase them from the | | | | wife turned the White House into a fairy tale story. As |
| annals of history. What kind of leadership did some of | | | | a president he also energized the nation and made the |
| these famous leaders show? | | | | space program a national affair. With his vision he set |
| Martin Luther King: | | | | a goal that was reached and for which he will be |
| He was a speaker who provided inspiration to a lot of | | | | eternally remembered. |
| people. Most popular among his inspirational speeches | | | | Martha Stewart: |
| was the "I have a dream "speech. This speech | | | | The image of a meticulous and highly demanding |
| brought a lot of people into taking action as King spoke | | | | individual easily comes to mind when you think of this |
| with authority and was capable of mobilizing an entire | | | | woman. In her we find a sizeable amount of |
| country that shared his vision. | | | | controversy but she continues to flourish with her |
| Mary Kay Ash (Mary Kay Cosmetics): | | | | organization and is effectively served by her autocratic |
| Anyone who thinks of pink Cadillac's is completely right. | | | | style of leadership as well. |
| The pink Cadillac symbolizes a highly successful and | | | | Eleanor Roosevelt: |
| top performing company. The brand of inspirational | | | | Americans all over the nation were told that: "We are |
| leadership that Mary Kay has provided has turned as | | | | on trial to show what democracy means." She was |
| simple $5,000 investment into a billion dollar | | | | both a champion of civil and women's rights and she |
| establishment. | | | | showed compassion to the poor in the depression era. |
| Jack Welch: | | | | Another lesson she inspired in her own true words |
| When you remember this name you think of GE. With | | | | was: "It is not fair to ask of others what you are not |
| about 2 decades of direction and leadership, GE | | | | willing to do yourself. |
| transformed from a million dollar company to a | | | | |
