The Greats on Leadership
- Author Jocelyn Davis
- Narrator Simon Shepherd
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Run Time 10 hours and 49 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre General and world history, Management: leadership and motivation.
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What to expect
Jocelyn Davis takes you on an in-depth tour of the best leadership ideas of the past 25 centuries, featuring classic authors from Plato to Winston Churchill, Shakespeare to Jane Austen, C.G. Jung to Peter Drucker, and many more. In a style both thought provoking and entertaining, she shows how -history's great writers have always been, and still are, the real leadership gurus.
Davis spells out the behaviors that distinguish true leaders from misleaders and covers 20 specific leadership topics, including:
Leadership Traps (Shakespeare)
Change (Machiavelli)
Power (Sophocles)
Dilemmas (Madison, Hamilton)
Communication (Lincoln, Pericles)
Personality Types (Jung)
Motivation (Frankl)
Judgment (Maupassant, Melville, Austen, Shaw)
Character (Churchill, Plutarch, Shelley, Joyce)
Each chapter begins with a synopsis of a great work by the author and then draws out the key leadership insights, weaving them together with business examples, the best contemporary research, and tools to help put it all into practice. In the last two chapters Davis presents a new way to think about leadership levels, framing them in terms of the impact you have rather than the title on your business card.
Whether you're a recent graduate or MBA searching for something more inspiring than the standard textbook, a new manager looking for something deeper than the typical how-to book, or an experienced executive seeking ideas to lift you to the next level, this remarkably readable and practical guide will set you on the road to becoming a great leader.
Critics Review
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Davis provides a book of substance that is a joy to read. In doing so, she demonstrates the relevance of the humanities even in a fast-changing 21st-century world.
SUCCESS magazine -
For anyone who wants to be a great leader in one manageable book.
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Eminently practical. A great balance of introspection, inspiration, and impetus toward execution.
800-CEO-READS Editor's Choice -
A delightful and mind stretching read that, when coupled with application tools and exercises, transforms the theoretical to the actionable.
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Whenever I hear Jocelyn Davis talk about leadership, I listen. Her latest, The Greats on Leadership, is indispensable to the novice and a great resource for the experienced.
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Brings to life the writings of many of our most- loved authors and applies their thinking to present day business. This is a book you will return to, time and time again.
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