From: Jeff_Stafford (Jeff Stafford)
Michael E Waddell Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela
July 13th 2008
Richard Stengel has a great article this month in Time magazine entitled Mandela His 8 Lessons of Leadership
When you think of great leaders not many modern politicians come close to what Nelson Mandela accomplished in South Africa After being wrongly imprisoned from 1964 until 1990 Stengel writes He overthrew apartheid and created a nonracial democratic South Africa by knowing precisely when and how to transition between his roles as warrior martyr diplomat and statesman
Here are Nelson Mandela s 8 Lessons of Leadership
No 1 Courage is not the absence of fear it s inspiring others to move beyond it
No 2 Lead from the front but don t leave your base behind
No 3 Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
No 4 Know your enemy and learn about his favorite sport
No 5 Keep your friends close and your rivals even closer
