Leadership Lessons From History: Learn from the Past, Change the Future

Leadership is always needed, but often it's in short supply. We can understand what makes a great leader by studying the stories of leaders who succeeded in accomplishing the visions that they set out, applying the same principles to today's world.

In this book, examples of outstanding leadership from past centuries show us what essential qualities leaders posess that make them able to navigate the unknown, take risks, and balance the needs of their followers with the larger missions that they undertook.

Crisis management, overcoming fear and failure, and motivating teams, along with adapting to change and other needed qualities of leaders are examined in this overview of some of history's greatest leaders.