Leadership lessons from the ancient world how learning from the past can win you the future Arthur Cotterell, Roger Lowe, Ian Shaw

Summary
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents
1. Courage : the daring of Ramesses II at Kadesh
2. Risk taking : Thutmose III's handling of his forces
3. The ability to motivate : the military revolution of Wuling
4. Creating a compelling vision : the commoner emperor Liu Bang
5. Developing people : the Han emperor Wu Di's approach
6. Focusing on results : the strategy of Themistocles
7. Integrity : the political supremacy of Pericles
8. Taking decisive action : the critical decisions of Epaminondas
9. Influencing people : Alexander's multi-ethnic kingdom
10. Leaving a legacy : the abdication of Candragupta
11. Representing the business : Hannibal's invasion of Italy
12. Creativity : the resourcefulness of Zhu Geliang
13. Learning : Li Shimin and Wei Zheng
14. Change : Sulla's constitutional reforms
15. Networking : Cicero's efforts to find allies
16. Dealing with conflict : the policies of Vespasian
17. Empowerment : Diocletian's imperial reforms
18. Recognising achievement : the triumph of Belisarius
19. Winning as a leader.