The Greats on Leadership ─ Classic Wisdom for Modern Managers

THE GREATS ON LEADERSHIP: 20 CLASSIC THINKERS TEACH US TO LEAD

THE TWENTY TOPICS and GREAT THINKERS:

Leaders vs. Misleaders (Moses)
Leadership Traps (Shakespeare)
Change (Machiavelli)
Justice (Plato)
Power (Sophocles)
Authority (Shakespeare)
Crises (Shakespeare)
Competition (Hannibal)
Dilemmas (Madison, Hamilton)
Communication (Pericles, Lincoln)
Motivation (Viktor Frankl)
Personality (C.G. Jung)
Decisions (Roald Dahl)
Culture (Ruth Benedict)
Relationships (Maupassant)
Accountability (Melville)
Talent (Austen)
Vision (G.B. Shaw)
Character (Churchill, Shelley, Plutarch, Joyce)
Leadership Levels (Lao Tzu)

You don't need a big title or a business degree in order to lead with impact. What you need is practical wisdom: the insight, judgment, and strength of character that all great leaders have, but that most business schools and corporate workshops don't teach.The Greats on Leadership gets you there.

It's an in-depth tour of the best leadership ideas of the past twenty-fice centuriesfeaturing classic authors from Plato to Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare to Jane Austen, Alexander Hamilton to Peter Drucker, and many morecombined with the best contemporary leadership concepts and plenty of real-life tools and examples. No matter where in the organization you sit, this remarkably readable and practical guide will set you on the road to becoming a great leader.

Jocelyn Davis, founder and principal of Seven Learning leadership programs, is a highly regarded author, consultant, and thought leader with more than 20 years’ success in the corporate learning industry.

An engaging speaker and facilitator, Jocelyn delivers keynotes, workshops, and webinars on topics such as workplace learning, strategy execution, and leadership development.

Jocelyn earned a BA in philosophy with high honors from Swarthmore College and an MA in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. She grew up in a foreign-service family and has lived in or visited dozens of countries around the world, spending a lot of time in Southeast Asia, East Africa, the Caribbean, and the UK. At last count, Jocelyn had moved 27 times in her life. She has decided that is quite enough moving and now intends to keep her feet firmly planted in her current hometownSanta Fe, New Mexicowhere she lives with her husband, Matt; daughter, Emily; and Australian Shepherd mix, Cassie.