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Power ambition glory / Steve Forbes and John Prevas. the stunning parallels between great leaders of the ancient world and today...and the lessons you can learn /

By: Forbes, Steve, 1947- [author.]Contributor(s): Prevas, John [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, c2009Description: xii, 308 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307408457 [paperback]Subject(s): Leadership -- Case studies | Power (Social Sciences) -- Case studies | Civilization, ClassicalGenre/Form: Case studies.DDC classification:

Contents:

The Persian Empire : cultural diversity, self-determination, and the art of making money -- Cyrus the Great : lessons in tolerance and inclusion -- Classical Greece : do thinkers make good leaders? -- Xenophon : building consensus and finding direction -- Alexander the Great : the Price of Arrogance -- Carthage: a business man's paradise -- Hannibal of Carthage : thinking out of the box -- The Roman Republic : the ultimate multinational -- Julius Caesar : ego and ambition -- Augustus : stability and moderation.

Summary: Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.

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Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders.

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