The rarest commodity is leadership without ego: Bob Davids at TEDxESCP

I think sometimes people misread what leadership is: Leaders don’t get people to believe in them, they get people to believe in themselves. Leaders don’t say follow me, they act. People motivate themselves, leaders give them the tools to achieve their abilities.

"I measure my own success as a leader by how well the people who work for me succeed". Thanks for your great points on leadership.

The humblest of servants make the greatest of leaders.

I was lucky enough to work for Bob as a member of his industrial design team at Radica Games. That small group produced some of the largest selling items at Walmart for years and produced talent that is still in major leadership roles across several industries, some 20-yrs later. He was also very generous with profit sharing across the company, and some of my fondest memories in my early career were seeing the reactions of staff opening up bonus checks... it was quite amazing, genuine and across all levels of employment, people were rewarded generously. Old school.

This is one of the finest talks about Leadership. I have listened several speeches, read books and this particular talk occupies a top slot in my list. Citing examples from the lives of Mahatma Gandhi to Ronald Reagan, Bob Davis says 'Leadership without ego is a rarest commodity'. Persuasively presented, extremely insightful and endlessly entertaining, this is a memorable talk. Highly recommended for the leaders and aspiring leaders.

The best advice i ever received . If you want to be a leader , respect the people you work with

Eisenhower also said: " If it didn't matter who got the credit, then we would be astounded of what would be accomplished"

I am a leadership consultant. I teach managers how to become leaders. This is powerful! I love how gently, effortlessly he explains what a leader is.

I really appreciate his whole demeanor and voice tone. As far as the topic of  "Leadership without EGO" or as i refer to it as "Don't get drunk with POWER", i 100% agree with it. I find this particular talk for me to be INSPIRING and RELATIVE.

Integrity is the key to genuine leadership. A rare character trait but without integrity it's misleading that people do.

If all leaders in the world would have the characters that were mentioned the world would surely be in order and in peace. "You need to be in touch with the people you lead and to be in their shoes..."

One of the best TedEx talks that I've listened to till date. Thank you Sir, for your precious time and for sharing your kind thoughts. Sure does give me a vision and understanding of the leader i wish to be. God bless you!

I appreciate how Bob Davids sits down to demonstrate an equality with the people who are watching. Well done.

Most people don't understand leadership "Leadership is a gift you cant buy or sell it" This is such an amazing presentation.

That was brilliant. Super smart and humble guy. Love his demeanor

i am currently training to be a manager and always thought I would do it differently to any way I've been managed and he has just hit the nail on the head of my beliefs and ideas I have had to achieve this and reinforced them even more, really glad i watched this

There are two items in this talk that make it stand out: First, It is quite literally a talk: Breaking down what actors call the fourth wall, Bob makes you want to call him by his first name. I'm sitting at a different place, both in time and space, watching and listening through a small screen on a laptop with headphones on, and still, I feel that I'm the guy he's addressing. I bet you and the audience felt the same way. Second, Bob isn't selling me his book, he's pointing to another guy's book. This is important! I don't know abut the rest of you, but I have a hard time learning when I feel sold to, rather than taught. Bob would like me to become a better leader, not for the sake of his wallet or pride, but for the sake of it being better than the opposite in itself. Thanks for sharing this :)

I love the way Bob Davids puts leadership into a bigger context and uses simple examples to demonstrate how impactful leadership is :) Thank you sir, I really wish to learn a lot more from you.

Great distinction between leadership and management. 

I have always found it difficult to describe the difference between management and leadership.  This talk made it so clear!  thank you.