Leadership

Learn from history's greatest leaders

Historical Lessons in Leadership

1860s, United States

Building a Team From Your Critics

Abraham Lincoln won the presidency against three rivals who considered him unqualified. The nation was fracturing over slavery, and he needed the stro...

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1914-1917, Antarctica

Leading Through Impossible Odds

Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance became trapped and crushed by Antarctic ice, leaving 28 men stranded 1,200 miles from civilization with no means of...

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