The Timeless Leaders: Leadership Lessons from Ancient Greece

The Timeless Leaders tells of leadership lessons inspired by the history of Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology, drawing metaphors with present day business cases, and covering a variety of leadership topics such as succession, engagement, team building, vision, as well as business ethics, vulnerability and humility.

Showcasing Ancient Greek heroes on specific topics of leadership makes the reading pleasant, inspirational and memorable, as these stories are relatively beknownst, regardless whether one lives in Europe, the US, Latin America or Asia. Although storytelling has been around as a technique almost since the beginning of the human species, it is one of the hottest traits in leadership nowadays, conveying meanings, principles and values in a more vivid and therefore an unforgettable way.

The deeds of the great heroes of antiquity are universally appealing. Who wouldn’t be interested in delving into them while at the same time reflecting on the business learnings at present day? The author injects hands-on leadership examples from his corporate career side by side well-known modern business success stories. The timeless leaders echo their business lessons to eternity on the solid base of Ancient Greek History and Mythology.