01836cam a22003014a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021010000700062020003000069040003100099082000700130100003500137245016900172260004400341300006400385336002100449337002500470338002300495505052100518520029001039541003901329546001201368650003001380650004301410650002901453655002501482700002701507OSt20251030114840.0081203s2009    nyua          000 0deng    a    a9780307408457 [paperback]  cUniversity of Cebu-Banilad002221 aForbes, Steve,d1947-eauthor.10aPower ambition glory /cSteve Forbes and John Prevas.bthe stunning parallels between great leaders of the ancient world and today...and the lessons you can learn /  aNew York :bThree Rivers Press,cc2009.  axii, 308 pages :billustrations (black and white) ;c25 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier0 aThe 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.  aBased 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.
  ySenior High SchoolzSocial Studies  aEnglish 0aLeadershipvCase studies. 0aPower (Social Sciences)vCase studies. 0aCivilization, Classical. 7aCase studies.2lcgft1 aPrevas, John.eauthor.