Leadership - Lessons from the Ancient World
How Learning from the Past Can Win You the Future
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7594820M
- ISBN-139780470027097
- ISBN-100470027096
- OCLC Control Number67239817
- Library of Congress Control Number2006011217
and 2 more
- Goodreads1019730
- LibraryThing6013513
Classifications
- LCCHD57.7 .C675 2006
Description
As the demand for comparative studies of leadership rises, managers and trainers are looking harder than ever for new studies to which trainees will not bring preconceived idea. This unique book delivers just that. Though the contexts have changed, the examination of ancient events from a business perspective provides a wealth of useful insights on how the process of leadership works. From China's first emperor Liu Bang on vision and Pericles on integrity to Alexander the Great on communication and Ramesses II on courage, Leadership Lessons from the Ancient World combines history with business to show that the universal strategies used by great leaders of the past are still relevant today.
Description
"Leadership - Lessons from the Ancient World explores eighteen key themes, from risk-taking to empowerment, using well-known historical leaders to highlight the timeless principles underlying each one. Combining a wealth of management experience with a fascination with what defines and creates effective leadership, the authors - a classical historian, a chartered manager and a trainer in a multinational company - examine the actions of each leader in the context of their own time, connect their stories to current theory and provide an up-to-date case study to help readers apply the principles to their own practice. A final chapter sums up the lessons of the book, and suggests the direction that leadership development should take in order to cope with the challenges of globalization and technological advance."--Jacket.
First Sentence
In Egyptian tradition Ramesses II (pronounced 'Ram-e-sees') was remembered as a colossus as large as his own monumental statues, the ideal warrior-king whose 67-year reign secured the country's survival as a great power during a period of intense international rivalry.
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