Name That Leader!

1. This leader would scan encyclopedia entries before meeting with guests so he could drop obscure facts into the conversation and create the impression that no subject was beyond his grasp.



2. This leader usually decided on a course of action by intuition, then assembled facts that would persuade his associates that the course was logically correct.



3. This leader use a formal hierarchy to process staff papers but he also had secret channels into the depths of the organization so he didn't have to rely on filtered information.



4. This leader liked to buzz for his associates then hide under his desk.



5. This leader was surprised when he announced a course of action and his associates wanted to stay and discuss it.



6. This leader was so fond of the expression "There is no alternative" that her associates shortened it to TINA.



7. This leader held conversations with his associates while he was sitting on the toilet.



8. This leader was a former HR director who'd used that position to place his supporters in key jobs.



9. This leader used to give associates the same assignment to see which one would prevail.



10. This leader set aside time each week when he would not speak.

[Answers: 1. Benito Mussolini; 2. Adolf Hitler; 3. Dwight Eisenhower; 4. Calvin Coolidge; 5. The Duke of Wellington; 6. Margaret Thatcher; 7. Lyndon B. Johnson; 8. Joseph Stalin; 9. Franklin D. Roosevelt; 10. Mahatma Gandhi.]