Leadership matters: unleashing the power of paradox

Preface

The paradoxes of leadership

Defining leadership

Leadership realities

What the classics teach us about leadership: from Gilgamesh to the Bible

What the classics teach us about leadership: Machiavelli to Shakespeare

What the classics teach us about leadership: the rise of constitutional democracy

What business teaches us about leadership

What politics teaches us about leadership

What the military teaches us about leadership

What Hollywood teaches us about leadership

The darker side of leadership

The creative side of leadership

Leadership as a performing art.