The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan - Softcover

Man, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553818759 ISBN 13: 9780553818758

Publisher: Bantam, 2010

Synopsis

What would Genghis have done? Lessons in leadership from history’s most successful (and ruthless) conqueror.

Genghis Khan has a very strong claim to be the greatest leader the world has ever seen. As a teenager he was an outcast, fleeing enemies on a mountain in northern Mongolia, an exile, a nobody. Yet it took only twenty years for Genghis to build the largest land empire in history: four times the size of Alexander’s, twice the size of Rome’s. How did he do it? What lessons does his life reveal about the nature of leadership? What is “greatness” in leadership? What traits did Genghis possess exactly? Might they apply in other times and other places — even here and today?

John Man re-examines the life of Genghis Khan to discover the qualities, characteristics and strategies that made him the great leader that he was. The answers are sometimes surprising. Far from being just the tyrant that history records, he was a leader of exceptional vision and modernity. And many of the secrets of his success are as useful in today’s competitive business world as they were in rallying the Mongol hordes.

About this title

About the Author:

John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia and China. His other books include, The Gutenberg Revolution on the origins and impact of printing, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Kublai Khan, The Terracotta Army and The Great Wall.

Review:

"If only Tony Blair had paid attention to Genghis Khan . . . [Genghis] has much to teach us . . . a thought-provoking book." -- William Leith * Observer * "John Man's new book, extracting 21 business lessons from the Mongol emperor's life, shows that Khan would have Alan Sugar for breakfast" * The Times *

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0553818759
• ISBN 13: 9780553818758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224