Inc. Magazine, June 26, 2013, Wednesday

Inc. Magazine

June 26, 2013, Wednesday

Inc. Magazine (full article)

Leadership Without Presumption: Lessons From Eisenhower

By Samuel Bacharach

During World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower took a cruise around the Isle of Capri. On seeing a large villa, he asked about it and learned that it was to be his quarters. He inquired about the neighboring villa as well, and learned that it would soon belong to Army Air Force General Carl Spaatz.

Samuel Bacharach is a professor of labor management at Cornell and director of Cornell's Institute for Workplace Studies.