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<b>The Nature of Leadership<br></b><br>"It is clear that once the question ‘Who should rule?’ is asked, it is hard to avoid some such reply as ‘the best’ or ‘the wisest’ or ‘the born ruler’ ... But such a reply, convincing as it may sound – for who would advocate the rule of ‘the worst’ or ‘the greatest fool’ or ‘the born slave’ – is quite useless."<br>— Karl Popper, <i>The Open Society and Its Enemies<br></i><br>Cyril Richard Rescorla lived his life according to the principle of the eight Ps: ‘Proper prior planning and preparation prevents piss-poor performance.’ Rescorla, born in Cornwall, England, and later a naturalised American citizen, learned the maxim in the army, and it would serve him well in active service, first on behalf of the British military in Cyprus and later commanding men from his adopted country in Vietnam. Both stints earned the soldier, nicknamed the Cornish Hawk, decorations for gallantry.<br><br>But Rescorla, who preferred to be called Rick, did not earn his place in history through his bravery on the battlefield. It was later in life, as a security officer for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter at the World Trade Center, that he would leave his mark. And he did i

Author

Van Vugt, Mark, Ahuja, Anjana

Publisher

Random House of Canada, Limited

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307358639

Subjects

Sociology, Social_sciences