History lessons: what business and managers can learn us about the movers and shakers of history

Pericles of Athens, Abraham Lincoln, Genghis Khan, Elizabeth I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Zhou Enlai, Winston S. Churchill, Lee Kwan Yew - some of the great leaders who changed the course of history. Their actions and thoughts, and the way in which they shaped history s great events, are an enduring and invaluable source of inspiration for today s manager or executive. In this fascinating, cross-disciplinary book, Jonathan Gifford examines the behaviour of twenty-four great leaders in the context of eight critical leadership functions (Changing the Mood, Boldness of Vision, Doing the Planning, Leading from the Front, Bringing People with you, Making Things Happen, Taking the Offensive, Creating Opportunities) and uses the lens of history to provide contemporary managers with new insights and perspectives into the very human art of leadership and with potential solutions to the essentially familiar problems faced by the great leaders of history