Volgens de Van Dale zijn guru's gezaghebbend leiders. Managers en consultants worden graag door guru's geleid: immers niets is zo praktisch als een goede theorie.
- Michael Porter
- Bill Gates
- C.K. Prahalad
- Tom Peters
- Jack Welch
- Jim Collins
- Philip Kotler
- Henry Mintzberg
- Kjell Nordström & Jonas Ridderstrale
- Charles Handy
- Richard Branson
- Scott Adams
- Thomas A. Stewart
- Gary Hamel (London Business School, Strategos, Woodside Institute)
- Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
- Kenichi Ohmae
- Patrick Dixon
- Stephen Covey
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Edward de Bono
- Clayton Christensen
- Robert Kaplan & David Norton
- Peter Senge
- Ram Charan
- Fons Trompenaars
- Russ Ackoff
- Warren Bennis (University of Cincinnati, University of Southern California, Werner Erhard and Associates)
"Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing."
"The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. "
"The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born."
"No leader sets out to be a leader. People set out to lead their lives, expressing themselves fully. When that expression is of value, they become leaders."
"Good leaders make people feel that they're at the heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens, people feel centered, and that gives their work meaning. " - Chris Argyris
- Michael Dell
- Vijay Govindarajan
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Manfred Kets de Vries
- Rakesh Khurana
- Lynda Gratton
- Alan Greenspan
- Edgar H. Schein
- Ricardo Semler
- Don Peppers
- Paul Krugman
- Jeff Bezos
- Andy Grove
- Daniel Goleman
- Leif Edvinsson
- Jim Champy
- Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones
- Naomi Klein
- Geert Hofstede
- Larry Bossidy
- Costas Markides
- Geoffrey Moore
- Dave Ulrich (University of Michigan, The RBL Group)
- Peter F. Drucker (†)
- James Kouzes
- John P. Kotter
- Michael Treacy
- Peter Block
- David Maister
- Igor Ansoff
- Meredith Belbin
- James Collins
- Robert Waterman
Bron: Thinkers50, Suntop Media in samenwerking met de European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
