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This article examines leadership from the perspective of administrators of homes for the aging. In this study administrators were asked to describe their "best" and "worst" bosses. Best bosses were described as people who combined effective people and effective task-oriented characteristics. Worst bosses, however, were viewed primarily in terms of their inadequate people-relating skills with little recognition given to their technical abilities. The article points out that most educational institutions have become enamored with linear thinking, quantification and scientism. On the other hand, intuition, feelings and sensitivity --the essence of human relations training --has tended to become devalued and mistrusted. The significance of this study for educators is the relegitimization of human relations training. Educational institutions are cautioned not to denigrate this training in favor of the increasingly popular and highly quantifiable management sciences.