This entertaining and very thought-provoking book draws its inspiration from a wide range of appropriate and sometimes surprising quotations from world figures - the famous, the infamous and the downright dastardly. Drawing his inspiration from characters as diverse as Henry Ford, Epictetus and Goethe to Hitler, Colin Powell and Jimi Hendrix, Alan Cutler uses the quoted wisdom of these people, from all periods of history, to explore the leadership skills needed in today's business environment. This book covers a wide and ...
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This entertaining and very thought-provoking book draws its inspiration from a wide range of appropriate and sometimes surprising quotations from world figures - the famous, the infamous and the downright dastardly. Drawing his inspiration from characters as diverse as Henry Ford, Epictetus and Goethe to Hitler, Colin Powell and Jimi Hendrix, Alan Cutler uses the quoted wisdom of these people, from all periods of history, to explore the leadership skills needed in today's business environment. This book covers a wide and encouraging range of topics, including making leaders out of managers, the leader as a visionary, the leader's task of inspiring others, building supportive relationships, enabling others to reach their potential, understanding the power of communication and what is required of the twenty-first century leader. This is a book to inspire and encourage anyone who has a leadership role or task to perform.
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