In this stimulating and rewarding book, JOHN ADAIR poses the questions, who are the great leaders in history and what have they got to teach us today about the nature and practice of leadership? In asking to what degree true leadership can be identified and developed, he explores the make-up and achievements of leaders as diverse as Lao Tzu and Machiavelli, Margaret Thatcher and Mandela. Using a thematic structure, John Adair...