By John Adair
Who're the good leaders in background and what can the educate us at the present time concerning the nature and perform of management? John Adair has introduced jointly quite a lot of charges from inspiring leaders, from Machiavelli to Mandela.
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It flowed from, and also fed on, competitive desire for the fame or renown that comes from some notable act or achievement. They thirsted for individual recognition. In order that the common task can be achieved and the group held together as a team, certain key functions have to be performed. Someone, for example, has to define the task, to ensure that plans are drawn up to accomplish it, to control or monitor progress, and to review performance so that it can be improved. Someone has to create and maintain the team.
Xenophon’s words and deeds infused the Greeks with new confidence and resolution. His brave example inspired them. Further Reflection Xenophon mentions more than once in this opening description the personal qualities required in a General. In the Cyropaedia he listed the qualities of an ideal ruler as: • temperance • justice • sagacity • amiability • presence of mind • tactfulness • humanity ONE LEADERSHIP THROUGH KNOWLEDGE 21 • sympathy • helpfulness • courage • magnanimity • generosity • considerateness.
Like Socrates, when Athens went to war they had to fight in the phalanx of spearmen or pull an oar in the navy’s warships. For the notion of having professional officers or soldiers was alien to the Greek states, except for Sparta – a nation of soldiers. 24 PART ONE In the following discussion Socrates explored the issue of transferability by arguing provocatively that a successful business man will make an effective general. During the course of it, incidentally, Socrates became the first person in history to identify what today would be called leadership functions.