Leadership Quote from Dwight Eisenhower:
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”

I believe “art” is a key word. There are no set formulas or codified procedures to follow for leadership. It’s something that you learn over a lifetime. Ike definitely understood leadership. The man had more experience in leadership then most ever come close to match. He lead soldiers in both world wars as well as during peace time and went on to lead a nation as President. He was a master of the art of leadership.

Biography has a good video on Ike if you are interested: Biography – Dwight Eisenhower (A&E DVD Archives)

Here are some interesting facts about President Eisenhower from Wikipedia:

• Eisenhower was 5′ 10″ in height.
• He was the last U.S. President to be born in the 19th century.
• He suffered from Crohn’s disease.
• Eisenhower smoked four packs of Camel cigarettes every day.
• The loblolly pine tree on the left side of the fairway at the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club is known as the Eisenhower Tree. He put his ball in the tree so many times he campaigned to have it removed. It stands to this day. The membership built a cabin for Eisenhower, one of 12 on the course. The cabin, built to Secret Service specifications, still stands on the course and is adorned with an eagle on the front porch.
• Eisenhower has been portrayed by several actors, including Tom Selleck in the 2004 television program Ike: Countdown to D-Day which depicts the 90 days leading up to the D-Day Invasion. On June 6 of that year, Eisenhower’s grandson, David, along with Roosevelt’s grandson, David, and Arabella Churchill, granddaughter of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, appeared on MSNBC during the network’s coverage of the 60th anniversary of D-Day and talked about the roles their grandfathers played during the allied invasion.
• Eisenhower enjoyed cooking as a hobby throughout his life, with particular emphasis on outdoor cooking. During his time as President, he even cooked food on the White House roof, a photo of which exists in the National Archives. Notwithstanding her husband’s cooking, Mamie once famously said, “Ike runs the country; I turn the pork chops.”
• Eisenhower experienced tinnitus.
• Eisenhower was the last president to wear a fedora. After his presidency hats generally stopped being an integral part of men’s clothing.
• Eisenhower approved of the assassination of The Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratically elected President, Patrice Lumumba.

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