Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar. What made these ancient generals great and what can we learn from them about leadership?| The Art of Manliness
Leadership, whether in the most intense combat situations or everyday business here in the States, is a learned skill.| The Art of Manliness
World famous bodybuilder Joe Weider's advice on how to develop the qualities of an effective leader.| The Art of Manliness
What qualities does a person have in order to be a statesman? Here's your answer?| The Art of Manliness
Sun Tzu lists the following five characteristics that, if found to dominate a leader’s personality, will bring the downfall of that leader’s army.| The Art of Manliness
An excerpt from a 1946 Army manual on leadership. The principles are directed at military officers, but apply equally well to leaders today in any arena.| The Art of Manliness
This post originally appeared in the Art Of Manliness ‘Trunk’ – a collection of cool stuff we find while wandering the vast deserts of the world wide web. In a speech given at West Point last year, William Deresiewicz explores today’s crisis of leadership, the true meaning of leadership, and the necessity of solitude in […]| The Art of Manliness
A consideration of these 45 leadership qualities will serve to illustrate the characteristics which we should watch for in others and which we should strive to develop in ourselves in order to prepare ourselves to be better leaders.| The Art of Manliness
Many men today are sloughing off leadership responsibilities either because of laziness or apathy. They would rather live a life of ignoble ease and have others shoulder the responsibility for them. But the world needs the leadership of virtuous men more than ever. When you're called to serve as a leader, will you be ready to take on the challenge?| The Art of Manliness
You’ve probably heard of Ernest Shackleton, and his ill-fated Antarctic expedition. The Endurance, the ship on which he and his crew sailed, famously became trapped in ice, sunk, and set the men and their indomitable leader off on an arduous journey to safety and rescue. But the Shackleton expedition wasn’t the only one to meet such a fate, and to become […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Leadership Archives | The Art of Manliness
Most leadership advice says the same thing: to be a good leader, you need to be generous, humble, and authentic. My guest, professor of organizational behavior Jeffrey Pfeffer, would say that kind of advice may make us feel good and represent the world as we’d like it to be, but it doesn’t actually work in […]| The Art of Manliness
This excerpt from a 1946 Army training manual is perhaps the best distillation and summation of the essential qualities of leadership that I've ever come across.| The Art of Manliness
Are great leaders born or made? Do circumstances make great leaders or do great leaders change the times? These are a few of the big picture questions my guest explores in her latest book. Her name is Doris Kearns Goodwin, she’s a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and in her latest book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, she explores […]| The Art of Manliness
Are leaders born or made? Judging by the 50 billion dollar leadership development industry, the answer is definitely the latter. From schools to workplaces, everyone is seen as a potential leader and expected to become one by undergoing leadership training. My guest questions the assumptions underlying this phenomenon, which he calls “the leadership industrial complex,” […] Help support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!| Leadership Archives | The Art of Manliness
Uncover Shakespeare's unique perspective on leadership and power in his often overlooked history plays. Learn valuable lessons from the rise and fall of leaders in Shakespeare's timeless works.| The Art of Manliness
For the last 15 years, William Vanderbloemen has run an executive search firm that helps non-profit organizations find leaders. Over the course of conducting tens of thousands of interviews with top-tier candidates, he’s tracked and recorded what qualities the best leaders — the people he calls “unicorns” — possess that set them apart from everyone […]| The Art of Manliness
Find out how lack of well-differentiated leadership contributes to chronic anxiety in groups. Discover the impact of uncertainty and disorganization on family dynamics and organizational behavior.| The Art of Manliness
The first general put in command of American troops during the Mexican-American war was Zachary Taylor. “Old Rough and Ready” didn’t care much for garrison discipline and military formality. He was steady and unruffled and spoke laconically, choosing his words carefully and using as few as needed to get his point across. Taylor didn’t mind […]| The Art of Manliness
When an organization wants to get more productive and better reach its goals, it typically looks to retool its leadership, trying to find lone figures who can apply more effective top-down control. But my guest says there’s a much more effective strategy for getting things done: creating and empowering teams of self-starters. Kyle Buckett is […]| The Art of Manliness
You heard about The Art of War, and it sounded pretty cool. So you picked up a copy to read. But you found that, beyond a few of its famous maxims, a lot of this text attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu was hard to understand, much less incorporate into your life. […]| The Art of Manliness
Humans are social animals. Anthropologists argue that humans have been so successful as a species because we’re great at coordinating and cooperating. This high degree of sociability allowed hunter-gatherer tribes to kill giant mastodons and modern societies to land people on the moon. When human groups function in a healthy and coherent way, we can […]| The Art of Manliness
Why do some people who look can’t-miss high-achievers on paper end up floundering in life, while those who can seem like underdogs end up flourishing? When my guest noticed this phenomenon while being involved in the selection process of veteran SEALs for a specialized command, it led him to the discovery that beneath more obvious […]| The Art of Manliness