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Leadership Lessons from the Ancient World: How Learning from the Past Can Win You the Future
Arthur Cotterell
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Description for Leadership Lessons from the Ancient World: How Learning from the Past Can Win You the Future
Hardcover. The study of ancient events from a business perspective offers a unique way of observing how leadership actually works. Leadership Lessons from the Ancient World explores some of history's greatest leaders and their decisions that changed the world. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470027097
SKU
V9780470027097
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99-1
About Arthur Cotterell
Arthur Cotterell, former Principal of Kingston College in London, has spent many years combining senior educational management with historical research. He is the respected author of more than thirty books, and is now writing on the Chinese empire, from the history of which he considers one can learn as much about leadership as from Ashridge or Harvard. Roger Lowe, ... Read more
Reviews for Leadership Lessons from the Ancient World: How Learning from the Past Can Win You the Future
"Erudite certainly, but hugely readable." (Education Journal, February 2007) "readable and relevant" (Long Range Planning, 40/2007)