I am reading Good to Great. I don't care so much for business motivational books, but this is especially well written. The author describes great leaders as not having the "cult of personality" often associated with these stories. One guy said something like, "I have spent my life making sure I was qualified for the job." The one character trait that keeps coming up of is humility.
I can learn from that. In Buddhism, it is related to the illusion of self, and the importance we place on self.