Leadership through Battles: Learning Leadership and Management through the Greatest Battles in History

Download or read book Leadership through Battles: Learning Leadership and Management through the Greatest Battles in History written by Mohammad Nozari and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you manage or lead a startup, small company, or a large and established firm, you probably don't have time to wade through dozens of books to determine what history's greatest battles can teach you about running a business. Even if you had the time, you don't need to, because this guidebook to leadership does it for you. It's a short but precise narrative highlighting lessons from war, including how to: implement ideas and plans amid confusion; expand business into a new market or geographic area; prepare employees for tumultuous change; weaken and conquer adversaries. The guidebook highlights some of history's best and worst battlefield generals, including Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, William the Duke of Normandy, Napoleon, George Washington, Col. George Armstrong Custer and many others. Their tactics reveal hundreds of memorable insights that will help you do what the great leaders did and avoid what doomed others.