An exploration of the leadership skills and personal qualities of some of the great leaders from history, demonstrating that successful leaders come in all shapes and sizes and have faults as well as strengths – but that there are certain key abilities and characteristics shown by all great leaders.
History Lessons identifies 8 key aspects of leadership: 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. Each initiative is illustrated with an account of the actions of three great leaders from history.
1. CHANGING THE MOOD
Bernard Montgomery
Elizabeth I of England
Nelson Mandela
2. BOLDNESS OF VISION
Abraham Lincoln
Pericles of Athens
Winston Churchill
3. DOING THE PLANNING
Napoleon Bonaparte
Lee Kwan Yew
Martin Luther King
4. LEADING FROM THE FRONT
Horatio Nelson
Mustafa Kemal
Muhammad Ali
5. BRINGING PEOPLE WITH YOU
Talleyrand
George Washington
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
6. MAKING THINGS HAPPEN
Oliver Cromwell
George Patton
Zhou Enlai
7. TAKING THE OFFENSIVE
Hannibal Barca
Saladin
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
8. CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
Genghis Khan
Chiang Kai Shek
Marco Polo
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