Read 21 Great Leaders: Learn Their Lessons, Improve Your Influence Online
Authors: Pat Williams
12
Gates et al., “Bill Gates & Paul Allen Talk.”
13
Bill Gates, “Remarks by Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation,” University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, October 13, 2005,
https://web.archive.org/web/20080406130809/
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2005/10-13Waterloo.aspx
.
14
Paolo Boldi and Luisa Gargano, eds.,
Fun with Algorithms: Fifth International Conference, Fun 2010, Ischia, Italy, June 2010 Proceedings
(Berlin, Germany: Springer, 2010), 369.
15
Christos Papadimitriou, “People of ACM: Christos Papadimitriou,” Association for Computing Machinery, March 19, 2013,
http://www.acm.org/membership/acm-bulletin-archive/march-19-2013-people-of-acm-christos-papadimitriou
.
16
John Naughton, “Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft by Paul Allen—Review,”
Guardian
, May 8, 2011,
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/may/08/paul-allen-idea-man-review
.
17
Ibid.
18
Malcolm Gladwell, “The Tweaker: The Real Genius of Steve Jobs,”
New Yorker
, November 14, 2011,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker?currentPage=all
.
19
Kevin Savetz, “Fred Thorlin: The Big Boss at Atari Program Exchange,” Atari Archives, April 2000,
http://www.atariarchives.org/APX/thorlininterview.php
.
20
Jeff Goodell, “Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview,”
Rolling Stone
, March 13, 2014,
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/bill-gates-the-rolling-stone-interview-20140313
.
21
Eleanor Goldberg, “Bill Gates to Stanford Grads: ‘You Can Do Better At This Than I Did,’”
Huffington Post
, June 16, 2014,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/16/bill-gates-stanford-speech_n_5500253.html
.
22
Charlie White, “10 Things You Didn’t Know about Bill Gates,” CNN.com, June 13, 2011,
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/06/13/personal.details.bill.gates.mashable/
.
23
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, “The Women’s Crusade,”
New York Times
, August 17, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23Women-t.html
.
24
Rachel Quigley “‘None of It Bothers Me’: Bill Gates Brushes off Criticism by Steve Jobs and Heaps Praise on His Late Competitor,” Daily Mail Online, October 30, 2011,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055347/Bill-Gates-brushes-Steve-Jobs-criticism-praising-late-competitor.html
.
25
Ibid.
26
Gladwell, “The Tweaker.”
Chapter 15
1
Stephen E. Ambrose,
Eisenhower: Soldier and President
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 16–17.
2
Ibid., 16.
3
Ambrose,
Eisenhower: Soldier and President
, 25; History Channel, “June 25, 1942: Eisenhower Takes Command,” This Day in History, History.com,
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-takes-command
.
4
Ambrose,
Eisenhower: Soldier and President
, 44.
5
Stanley Weintraub,
15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall
—
Three Generals Who Saved the American Century
(New York: Free Press, 2007), xvi.
6
Matthew F. Holland,
Eisenhower Between the Wars: The Making of a General and Statesman
(Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001), 188.
7
Weintraub,
15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall
, xii.
8
John Wukovits,
Eisenhower: Lessons in Leadership
(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), 103.
9
Ibid., 329.
10
Richard Rhodes,
The Making of the Atomic Bomb: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
(New York: Simon & Shuster, 2012), 688.
11
Steven P. Ambrose,
D-Day: June 6, 1944—The Climactic Battle of WWII
(New York: Simon & Shuster, 1994), 61.
12
Ambrose,
Eisenhower: Soldier and President
, 54.
13
Charles J. Pellerin,
How NASA Builds Teams: Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009), 77.
14
Stephen E. Ambrose,
The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower
(New York: Anchor, 1970), 322.
15
John C. Maxwell,
The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2011), 140.
16
Ambrose,
D-Day: June 6, 1944
, 171.
17
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address, Washington, DC, January 20, 1953, in “Quotes,” Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home, Abilene Kansas,
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/all_about_ike/quotes.html
.
18
Carlo D’Este,
Eisenhower: A Soldier’s Life
(New York: Holt, 2002), 527.
Chapter 16
1
Michael Janofsky, “Thousands Gather at the Capitol to Remember a Hero,”
New York Times
, October 31, 2005,
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/politics/31parks.html?_r=0
.
2
Rita Dove, “The Torchbearer—Rosa Parks,”
Time
, June 14, 1999,
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,991252,00.html
.
3
Douglas Brinkley,
Rosa Parks: A Life
(New York: Putnam, 2000), 12–13.
4
Rosa Parks with Gregory J. Reed,
Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), 54.
5
Ibid., 42.
6
Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins,
Rosa Parks: My Story
(New York: Puffin, 1992), 11.
7
Ibid., 22–23.
8
Brinkley,
Rosa Parks: A Life
, 24.
9
Ibid., 24–25.
10
Parks and Reed,
Quiet Strength
, 16.
11
Parks and Haskins,
Rosa Parks: My Story
, 3–4.
12
Jeanne Theoharis,
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
(Boston: Beacon Press, 2013), Kindle ed.
13
Brinkley,
Rosa Parks: A Life
, 42–43.
14
Ibid., 59; Jon Thurber, “James Blake, 89; Driver Had Rosa Parks Arrested,”
Los Angeles Times
, March 26, 2002,
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/26/local/me-blake26
.
15
Parks and Reed,
Quiet Strength
, 23.
16
Peter Dreier, “Rosa Parks: Angry, Not Tired,”
Huffington Post, Blog
, April 5, 2013,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/rosa-parks-civil-rights_b_2608964.html
.
17
Ibid.
18
Martin Luther King Jr.,
Birth of a New
Age,
December 1955–December 1956
“Integrated Bus Suggestions,” vol. 3 of
The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr
., ed. Clayborne Carson, Stewart Burns, Susan Carson, Dana Powell, and Peter Holloran (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997),
http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/publications/papers/vol3/561219.001-Integrated_Bus_Suggestions.htm
.
Chapter 17
1
“Harry Truman the Piano Player,” Harry S. Truman Library and Museum,
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/kids/piano.htm
.
2
David Gergen, foreword to Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas,
Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders
(Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2002), xxiii.
3
Jonathan Daniels,
The Man of Independence
(Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1998), 95–97.
4
David Gergen, foreword to
Geeks and Geezers
, xxiv.
5
Robert H. Ferrell,
Harry S. Truman: A Life
(Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1994), 124.
6
David McCullough,
Truman
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), 436.
7
Ibid., 430.
8
David M. Kennedy and Thomas A. Bailey,
The American Spirit: U.S. History as Seen by Comtemporaries
(Boston: Wadsworth, 2010), 2:425.
9
Alan Axelrod,
Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions and How They Were Made
(New York: Sterling, 2006), 42.
10
Ibid., 42–43.
11
Harry S. Truman,
Mr. Citizen
(New York: Geis Associates, 1960), 263.
Chapter 18
1
Margaret Thatcher, “The Brighton Bomb,” excerpt from
The Downing Street Years
(1993), 379–83, Margaret Thatcher.org,
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=109119
.
2
Paul Owen, “Margaret Thatcher: The Best Anecdotes,”
Guardian
, April 9, 2013,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2013/apr/09/margaret-thatcher-the-best-15-anecdotes
.
3
John Blundell,
Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady
(New York: Algora, 2008), 30.
4
David Runciman, “Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat,” review of
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography
by Charles Moore,
London Review of Books
, June 6, 2013,
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n11/david-runciman/rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat
.
5
John Blundell, ed.,
Remembering Margaret Thatcher: Commemorations, Tributes and Assessments
(New York: Algora, 2013), 21.
6
Margaret Thatcher, “Britain Awake,” speech at Kensington Town Hall, Chelsea, January 19, 1976, Margaret Thatcher Foundation,
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=102939
.
7
Charles Moore, “The Invincible Mrs. Thatcher,”
Vanity Fair
, December 2011,
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/12/margaret-thatcher-201112
.
8
Mike’s America, “Margaret Thatcher Arrives at 10 Downing Street for the First Time as Prime Minister, May 4, 1979,” YouTube.com, May 4, 2009, embedded video transcribed by the authors,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23PQCndPYU
.
9
Gerry Holt and Nathan Williams, “Files Reveal Margaret Thatcher’s Frugal Side,” BBC News, December 29, 2011,
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-16319101
.
10
Liz Kulze, “That Time Margaret Thatcher Spanked Christopher Hitchens,” The Atlantic. com, April 8, 2013,
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/04/that-time-margaret-thatcher-spanked-christopher-hitchens/274779/
.
11
Charles Moore, “The Invincible Mrs. Thatcher,”
Vanity Fair
, December 2011,
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/12/margaret-thatcher-201112
.
12
Charles Moore, “The Invincible Mrs. Thatcher.”
13
Michael Reagan,
The New Reagan Revolution: How Ronald Reagan’s Principles Can Restore America’s Greatness Today
(New York: Saint Martin’s, 2010), 71; Margaret Thatcher Foundation, “Reagan Library,”
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/us-reagan.asp
.
14
Conor Burns “The Mention of Ronald Reagan’s Name Brings an Immediate Smile to Lady Thatcher’s Face,” Centre for Policy Studies, July 4, 2011,
http://www.cps.org.uk/blog/q/date/2011/07/04/the-mention-of-ronald-reagan-s-name-brings-an-immediate-smile-to-lady-thatcher-s-face/
.
15
James Baker, “The Margaret Thatcher I Knew: Twenty Personal Insights,”
Guardian
, April 8, 2013,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-i-knew
.
16
Sam Jones, “‘Gee, Isn’t She Marvelous’: Politicians Share Thatcher Anecdotes,”
Guardian
, April 10, 2013,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/10/politicians-thatcher-anecdotes
; Blundell, ed.,
Remembering Margaret Thatcher
, 32.
17
Michael Forsyth, “Margaret Thatcher: She Never Stopped Serving Her Country,”
Telegraph
, April 9, 2013,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/8523855/Margaret-Thatcher-She-never-stopped-serving-her-country.html
.
18
Bernard Ingham, “The Margaret Thatcher I Knew: Twenty Personal Insights,”
Guardian
, April 8, 2013,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-i-knew
.
19
Paddy Ashdown, “The Margaret Thatcher I Knew: Twenty Personal Insights,”
Guardian
, April 8, 2013,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-i-knew
.
20
Kenneth Clarke, “The Margaret Thatcher I Knew: Twenty Personal Insights,”
Guardian
, April 8, 2013,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/interactive/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-i-knew
.