Leadership Assignment

Here is a list of people, that solely due to their sheer willpower, hard work and leadership qualities that help mankind develop over time... Tim Berners-Lee The World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee kick-started the World Wide Web in 1989, designing and building the first Web browser, editor and server. The widely adopted technologies transformed the way information is created and consumed. Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin Structure of DNA English-born Francis Crick and his American colleague James Watson made one of the most dazzling discoveries in the history of science in 1953 when they accurately decoded the structure of the DNA molecule. They would not, however, have been able to identify the twisted ladder shape of the DNA double helix without the help of English scientist Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray images, which Watson saw without her knowledge. Franklin, who exposed herself to dangerous levels of radiation to ge...

starting from No.1............... Pope Francis Age: 77 Pontiff, Catholic Church Just over a year ago, a puff of white smoke announced the new spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world. In the brief time since, Francis has electrified the church and attracted legions of non-Catholic admirers by energetically setting a new direction. He has refused to occupy the palatial papal apartments, has washed the feet of a female Muslim prisoner, is driven around Rome in a Ford Focus, and famously asked "Who am I to judge?" with regard to the church's view of gay members. He created a group of eight cardinals to advise him on reform, which a church historian calls the "most important step in the history of the church for the past 10 centuries." Francis recently asked the world to stop the rock-star treatment. He knows that while revolutionary, his act...

....more commonly known by its initials KFC, is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with almost 20,000 locations globally in 123 countries and territories as of December 2015. The chain is a subsidiary of Yum Brands, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains. KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders , an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky during the Great Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened in Utah in 1952 At 65 years of age, Colonel Sanders received his first social security cheque of $99. He was broke, owned a small house and a beat up car.He made a decision that things had to change. His f...

LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT Leader s  have follower Leaders do not have subordinates - at least not when they are leading. Many   organizational  leaders do have subordinates, but only because they are also managers. But when they want to lead, they have to give up formal authoritarian control, because to lead is to have followers, and   following  is always a voluntary activity. Managers have subordinates By definition, managers have subordinates - unless their title is honorary and given as a mark of seniority, in which case the title is a misnomer and their power over others is other than formal authority. Seek comfort An interesting research finding about managers is that they tend to come from stable home backgrounds and led relatively normal and comfortable lives. This leads them to be relatively risk-averse and they will seek to avoid conflict where possible. In terms of people, they generally like to ru...

....was born in Ottawa, Canada on 25th December 1971. The first of 3 sons of former Canadian Prime Minister (Pierre Trudeau) and his wife, Margaret. Trudeau was born when his father was in office, and he spent his formative years in 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister’s official residence in Ottawa. Tho coming from a privileged background, his mother insisted that he attended public school. He even took the bus to school (with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort)! His parents separated in 1977, and when their divorce was finalised in 1984, the Trudeau's moved to Montreal. There, Trudeau attended his father’s alma mater, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. Trudeau did well in school and earned a BA in Literature from McGill University and a B.Ed degree from the University of British Columbia. He also studied engineering at Université de Montréal and was a Masters student in Environmental Geography at McGill, but did not complete those programs. As a young adult, Trudeau tried his ...