W. Edwards Deming, the iconic quality guru, taught the world many important skills about running effective organizations. His 14 points helped leaders in the last half of the 20th century rise out of the ashes of WWII and build the great society.
I was fortunate to attend some training by the great man shortly before his death. The attached white paper shares a personal anecdote about Deming that you probably have not read yet that sheds light on his perspsctive of leadership in our current world.
http://www.leadergrow.com/DemingonLeadership.pdf