IPMA 2000 Texas Roundup

Leadership Through The Ages

The first day's keynote speaker, Bob Gaylor, entertained and informed attendees with a look back at changing leadership styles over the past half century. He examined the authoritarian style of leadership that typified the '50s—where power and fear were used to control employees—then discussed '60s leaders, who employed empathy and sensitivity, and looked at the quality circles of the '80s. Today's leaders, he said, should orchestrate the talents of their work forces.