A Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the ability to get a person to do what you want him to do, when you want it done, in a way you want it done, because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American - President
October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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