"Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned." ― Harold S. Geneen Topic(s): Leadership More From Harold S. Geneen "The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them." "Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it." "The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication." More In Leadership "No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady."― Keith Miller "You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it."― Norman Schwarzkopf "As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us."― Peter King