We always seem to be reinventing the wheel when we teach people the concept of leadership. In recent years I’ve been trying to integrate history into our analysis of leaders. When I think of historical examples of leaders I obviously think of Joseph Ellis’ study of Washington, or McCullough’s look at Truman, or the wonderful outline of Lyndon B. Johnson by Caro.
Recently I was asked by a company to conduct a workshop on leadership in Jerusalem. So I’ve…