Letting beside the cruel and interessting psychological dimension of Napoleon Bonaparte, his leadership style was astonishing modern and systemic.
In a way, he was ahead of his time.
Many of today’s leaders could learn from Napoeleon’s leadership style.
His leadership principles were:
- „Never ask others what you are not prepared to do your self
- Be courageous
- Plan everything
- Establish clear objectives
- Be diplomatic
- Secure alliance and be loyal
- Search for facts and truth
- Intelligence is vital, set high standards
- Be fair, firm and flexible
- Maintain personal discipline
- Concentrate on primary objectives
- Stay in touch with your team
- Keep your promises
- Give credits for success
- Take responsibility for failure
- Prepair for victory and anticipate failure
- Be passionate, energetic enthusiastic
- Maintain „integrity“
Such thinking, principles and approaches can be found in the literature on leadership today.
(Source: https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1389&c… )
