| I recently finished Partha Bose's, Alexander The | | | | battles. He would call these people by name. He |
| Great's Art of Strategy. In my humble opinion it's | | | | knew the names of many of his solders. He knew |
| a must read for anyone who is interested in | | | | their accomplishments on the field of battle. He |
| developing any type of successful strategy be it | | | | provided inspiration and confidence because he |
| for business or how to win at the game of love. | | | | knew they where trained well he trained with |
| Well maybe not the game of love. But hopefully | | | | them as a young man and he fought side by side |
| you get my drift. I particularly enjoyed the | | | | with many of them. |
| chapter I just finished, Seven Distinct Leadership | | | | Alexander fully understood what his men could |
| Styles. As I read this I was struck by the level of | | | | and couldn't do and it was a short list of what his |
| clarity and succinctness Mr. Bose laid out how | | | | army couldn't do. Some of our modern day |
| Alexander use each of the seven leadership | | | | leaders could learn something from this. By |
| styles which are: | | | | connecting with their employees, acknowledging |
| | | | some of their accomplishments can go a long |
| 1. Trusting Leadership Style | | | | way toward getting them to put in that extra |
| 2. Inspirational Style | | | | effort when needed. For those who would argue |
| 3. Connective Style | | | | that the company size or the fact there company |
| 4. Aggressive Style | | | | is global and it's impossible to know the names or |
| 5. Humanistic Style | | | | accomplishments of everyone are missing the |
| 6. Commanding Style | | | | point. Alexander called out those he recognized. |
| 7. Marauding Style | | | | The troops standing around them became inspired |
| I'm going to go out a limb and say that many | | | | by the fact their commander thought enough of |
| who consider themselves leaders would have | | | | their brother-in-arms to call him out they felt as if |
| difficulty in determining if they have a leadership | | | | Alexander was talking directly to them as well. |
| style. Let alone even if they have one that is | | | | Alexander the Great was and extraordinary |
| recognizable in any meaningful way. I'm won't | | | | person. He was a brilliant tactician and strategist. |
| spend a lot of time going through each of the | | | | He benefited from having the best of teachers |
| styles, I will save that for future blogs. But let's | | | | and had a keen intellect. He was able to connect |
| consider one that anyone considering a leadership | | | | with his troops and get them to perform amazing |
| role could stand to learn how to implement The | | | | feats on the battlefield. |
| Connective Style. Prior to going into battle | | | | We can all learn from his connective style of |
| Alexander would ride up and down the front of | | | | leadership, the question is do we want to. Paying |
| his troop formation and call out to familiar faces | | | | attention to what people accomplish can go a long |
| and extol them on their bravery in previous | | | | way in getting them the do more. |