Inspiring Leadership: Learning From Great Leaders

Inspiring Leadership: Learning From Great Leaders
John Adair

# Paperback: 366 pages
# (September 28, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1854182072

Title: Inspiring Leadership: Learning From Great Leaders
Author: John Adair
Category: Management & Management Techniques
Format: Paperback
Year: 2005
Pages: 366



Who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? A wide range of inspiring leaders, from Loo Tau and Machiavelli to Thatcher and Mandela.

This book is a unique approach to leadership by a writer internationally acknowledged as a major influence on leadership studies.

There are key point and Points to Ponder throughout the book, helping to draw out the lessons and concepts for the reader. It features among others: Alexander the Great, Amundsen, Attila, Attlee, Bevan, Boudicca, Mike Brearley, Caesar, Churchill, de Gaulle, Einstein, Eisenhower, Elizabeth I, Gandhi, Sir Edmund Hillary, Ho Chih Min, Hsun-Tzu, Jefferson, Jesus, Jinnah, Kennedy, Lao Tzu, Lincoln, Machiavelli, Mandela, Montgomery, Mosley, Napoleon, Nehru, Nixon, Pericles, Plato, Reagan, F D Roosevelt, St Paul, Scott, Shackleton, Socrates, Washington, Wellington and Xenophon.

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