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Ancient Leadership Traits Bosses Should Remember Today
Are you the Julius Caesar or George Washington of your office?
If you strip bare the trappings of modernity, we humans are who we’ve always been. Though technology has made our lives and leadership situations look completely different on the outside, neither tech nor culture has moved the needle much on what makes our species tick.
Because of this, we can look at what leadership meant hundreds or even thousands of years ago and get a better picture of the true essence of it — leadership can be boiled down to simple human motivations.
When we understand these motivations, it gives us a clearer picture of our own leadership efforts in today’s increasingly complex world — knowledge of the past grounds us and guides our steps more deliberately and wisely into the future.
Nothing about leadership is new. It’s all as old as humanity itself. No new leadership guru has invented anything really. They simply repackage old truths into shiny 5-minute blog articles with pics of attractive armored ancients to make you click on it. I’ve also studied and practiced leadership for 25 years in military and corporate settings so I can confirm these truths with experience.
