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The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan
The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan | John Man
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Genghis Khan is history's greatest conqueror. As a teenager he was an outcast fleeing enemies on a mountain in northern Mongolia, an exile, a nobody. Yet it took only twenty years for Genghis to build the largest land empire in history - four times the size of Alexander's, twice the size of Rome's. How did he do it? What lessons does his life reveal about the nature of leadership? What is 'greatness' in leadership? What traits did Genghis possess exactly? Were they unique, or might some apply in other times and other places - even here and today? In Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan, John Man re-examines the life of Genghis Khan to discover the qualities, characteristics and strategies that made him the great leader that he was. The answers are sometimes surprising. Genghis was far from just the tyrant that history records, but rather a leader of exceptional vision and modernity. And many of the secrets of his success are as valuable and applicable in today's competitive business world as they were in rallying the Mongol hordes.
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A bit of psychobabble, some poorly written fiction posing as history, Man draws some long bows in this book. The points he makes are relevant but the writing of them is not great. (Perhaps he‘s a great speaker?) At any rate I feel like this would have been better if it had been done in 21 pages - one for each point would have been more than enough. And if you aren‘t doing this stuff already, your staff probably hate you. Not for me!

Izai.Amorim I feared it would be like this. I‘ve read a lot of business books. Same pattern. First look for a topic not yet taken, then come up with the thesis, then bend things until you have enough narrative to prove your thesis. What‘s next? “Adolf Hitler‘s Methods for Inspiring Loyalty” or “How to Get Pleasure at Work: The Marquis de Sade Way” 😂😂 6y
Andrew65 @Izai.Amorim Great titles. You may be onto a winner! 😂😂😂Another one for you, 'How Not To Lose Your Head in Business' by Henry VIII. Subtitle, 'Henry's Principles for Getting Ahead in the Game'. 6y
Izai.Amorim @Andrew65 😂😂😂 “getting ahead” is just priceless!!! 👍👍👍 6y
Sue @Izai.Amorim @Andrew65 😂😂😂 Hitler did rate a mention. He also referred to one of the Khan‘s contemporaries as having committed the ‘wrong sort ‘ of atrocity (to engender loyalty). I don‘t know where this guy works, but our HR department has a very firm anti-atrocity stance. 6y
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Good to know

@Izai.Amorim @Andrew65

Andrew65 Indeed! 6y
Izai.Amorim @Sue @Andrew65 “... or governments or criminal gangs...” Are they repeating themselves here? 🤔 6y
Andrew65 😂 6y
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So the leaders at work came from a meeting the other day with copies of this book. I‘ve managed to get my hands on one to see what the fuss is about.

Izai.Amorim The question is, do they admire his methods or his results? Alternate title: “How to get people to follow you blindly in a rampage of rape and murder!”😂😂😂 6y
Andrew65 @Izai.Amorim They might need to rethink that strategy! 😂 6y
Sue @Izai.Amorim @Andrew65 Yes indeed! I‘ll report back when I‘m done! 6y
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