Leadership

Been thinking a lot about leadership these days …reminded me about The Question – posed a bit ago by Steven Pearlstein and Ben Bradlee in the Washington Post:

If there was a Nobel Prize for Leadership, what would the criteria be and whom would you nominate?

Alan Webber, founding editor of Fast Company, focused on “moral authority.” He noted, “It may be the quality least in supply these days.” Howard Gardner, Harvard professor emphasized “leaders who enable others to lead.” Daisy Wademan Dowling, executive director of leadership at a Fortune 500 company noted that “we do a lousy job of recognizing people engaged in the real work of leadership: building organizations, developing people, motivating teams, working in the “white space” between bureaucratic lines, laboring relentlessly – and often thanklessly – for a greater good.” She looked to a servant leader and nominated White House Chief Usher, Rear Admiral Stephen W. Rochon.

Who would you nominate for Nobel Peace Prize for Leadership?