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is the Dracula of organizational design. No matter how much we fight it, Bureaucracy always comes back to haunt us. So we have to keep putting stakes through its heart." Jack Welsh, CEO GE 3

* The ultimate test for a leader is not whether he or she makes
smart decisions and takes decisive action, but whether he or she
teaches others to be leaders and builds an organization that can

sustain its success even when he or she is not around. Noel Tichy 4

* To lead people, walk beside them ...
As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence.
The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear;
and the next, the people hate ...
When the best leader's work is done the people say,
"We did it ourselves!" Lao-tsu 5

* Why do some companies succeed while others fail? As an organizational psychologist and management consultant for nearly 30 years, the answer I have come up with is that winning companies win because they have good leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organization. 6

1. Famous quotes with ADMINISTRATOR. (6/14/2004)
2. Robert Hargrove, E-Leader, (Perseus Publishing, 2001), 6
3. Letter to Share Owners and Employees, http://www.ge.com/annual97/sha re/ (6/14/2004)
4. Noel M. Tichy, The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leaders at Every Leve, (6/14/2004)
5. Quotes on LEADERSHIP, (6/14/2004)
6. Noel Tichy, Winning Companies Build Leaders At Every Level, http://www.michamber.com/mifor wrd/archive/0102mf/coverstory. pdf (6/14/2004)

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