While the board strongly stood by him for most of his tenure, questions about his leadership mounted in 2006, and in an ominous portent of the near future, he was the only director present at the annual meeting; he only allowed shareholders to speak for a minute each.[6] When the board reportedly ousted him in January 2007,[7] Nardelli's severance package was estimated at $210 million.

If the leadership of Toledo doesn't change the ways they do things,  they will continue to see brain drain which has been a problem in Toledo for years.

Technology will never take the core human element out of the equation, things like: Initiative, leadership (and knowing when to follow), courage, honestly & fairness, good communcation skills/ability to listen, financial literacy, persistence/stick-to-it-tiveness, negotiating, persuasion, tactfulness, and so on.

Fink has been grooming leadership at his organization to take over the reigns.

Over time they were pushed aside in terms of market capitalization and leadership.

The most inspiring book I have read was:Jesus CEO : Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership: Books: Laurie Beth JonesIt gives proof text on how Jesus was a CEO and his effective methods of dealing with different situations with his "employees"

I have been reading and listening to podcasts for a few weeks now and thought I would introduce myself.About me: I am a husband, father of 2 (2.5 year-old boy, 5 month old girl), and travel nationally working for a fortune 500 medical device company as a consultant in the areas of leadership, process improvement, and change management.

Hello,Let me give a little backing as to my personal situation to hopefully assist others in their goals as well as establish a base for anyone interested in sharing or providing some leadership or mentoring.

Real estate investing has developed so many positive character attributes: vision, persistence, team-building & leadership to name just a few, that are far more valuable than the money.I started out right there in HOUSTON and its an amazing investor's market. 

I was also looking for another book to read (I had already read everything under the sun about leadership, but nothing about entrepreneurship or REI).