--- description: Former President Bill Clinton gave Fortune magazine an interview as part of its first list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. (Clinton also graces the... title: Bill Clinton’s 3-Word Secret to Leading the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bill Clinton's 3-Word Secret to Leading the World by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2014 1:29 PM CUT by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2014 1:29 PM CUT  Former President Bill Clinton gave _Fortune_ magazine an interview as part of its first list of the [World’s 50 Greatest Leaders](http://money.cnn.com/gallery/leadership/2014/03/20/worlds-best-leaders.fortune/index.html "undefined"). (Clinton also graces the issue’s [cover](http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune%5Farchive/2014/04/07/toc.html "undefined").) Here’s an excerpt, where he succinctly describes what leadership means to him: “bringing people together.” You can [read the full interview here](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/20/leadership/worlds-best-leaders-clinton.pr.fortune/index.html "undefined"). --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33349/bill-clintons-3-word-secret-to-leading-the-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33349/bill-clintons-3-word-secret-to-leading-the-world/"},"headline":"Bill Clinton's 3-Word Secret to Leading the World","datePublished":"2014-03-21T13:29:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:32.692Z","description":"Former President Bill Clinton gave Fortune magazine an interview as part of its first list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. (Clinton also graces the...","url":"https://time.com/33349/bill-clintons-3-word-secret-to-leading-the-world/","keywords":["Power","Bill Clinton","Leadership","Executives"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Vella","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-vella/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/33349/bill-clintons-3-word-secret-to-leading-the-world/","name":"Bill Clinton's 3-Word Secret to Leading the World"}}]}] ```