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Martin Gutmann Quotes

born 1979

Martin Gutmann (born 1979) is a historian, professor, and author known for his work on leadership, decision making, and historical analysis. He is the author of The Unseen Leader: How History Can Help Us Rethink Leadership.

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We have to learn to ignore the captains of crisis, the Shackletons, those who are lurching from one dramatic circumstance to another.

Good leaders boast a mastery of their environment, a mastery gained by dedicated study, self-reflection, and a tenacious gathering of experience.

We confuse a good story for good leadership.

The leaders we celebrate are the leaders we learn from. In other words, appearing to be a good leader rather than actually being one is the path to fame and promotion today.

Shackleton was a tenacious man, no doubt, but his is a captivating story fit for Hollywood. But it is not a story fit to draw leadership lessons from.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Gutmann (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.