Leadership

If any? Thanks!
Why am I asking? Because I admire the U.S. officer corp and want their opinion on this topic.

The Army defines leadership as influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation, while operating to accomplish the mission and improve the organization.

Management is the organization and coordination of the activities of an enterprise in accordance with certain policies and in achievement of clearly defined objectives

Aleadership by distance
Bleadership by majority vote
Cleadership that depends on the situation
Dtimes when you are in situations and there is no leader at all

None of the above: It’s that there is no best or perfect style of leadership.

If you had to go with any go with C)

I am looking for opinions on who are, IN YOUR opinion (not Hollywood’s or Wikipedia’s), the most admirable generals of all time. By that, I mean generals that have displayed leadership, bravery, strategic and tactical genious, and political savy. My current list in chronological order is:

Alexandros the Great
Publuis Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Gaius Iulius Caesar
Cao Cao of Wei (pronounced Tsao Tsao)
Jinghis Khan
King Gutav Adolphus of Sweden
the Duke of Malborough
Napoleon Bonaparte
Tecumsah Sherman
Erich Von Manstein

Honorary mentions: Louis Davout, Ike Eisenhower, Hannibal Barca, Wallenstein, King Frederick the Great, the Grand Duke of Alba, Heinz Guderian, Zhukov, Von Molkte the Elder, General Lee, Hernan Cortes, Subotai, Pompeius Magnus, Tamerlan, Erwin Rommel, Oda Nobunaga.

10 points to the one with the best answer who doesn’t use wikipedia.
To the person who gave me thumbs down, I recommend you actually do some research to see that my list is really consistent. You can probably cite other great generals, but everybody in my list was a great leader of men and a military visionary.

If you are angry for a thumb’s down in your answer, it wasn’t me. I always give thumbs up to honest opinions like those who have answered the question with what they think is relevant. I have loved many of the answers and will discuss them further.

If you are angry I will not give 10 points to the guy who cites me the most of wikipedia, I want to hear what other people think.
Tiko -Great point in Kutzov, his strategy was brilliant. Definitively an honorable mention.

MB – I hear you on Nobunaga, I love what he did on Japan. It’s just hard choosing who you admire the most. Spartacus is a great point, he surely made the Romans look bad.

jonmcn49- Wow, you got me. I didn’t know about Julian. Need to check it out.

gianihead – Of those who have mentioned, I honestly should have included Grant and Arnold (maybe Washington too). Still,I’m not sure Grant would have won the CW without Sherman’s decisive strike.

Time & Again – I hear you on Lee. It just is hard choosing between Lee and Sherman. Lee was definitively more of a leader and, but Sherman won the CW and inaguarted a new style of warfare.

Jefferson – Great points but not sure on Franco (BTW, my grandfather was franquista). I love William’s story, but I’m reluctant to call a great strategista medieval warrior. I’m also not sure if he had carried the day if an arrow had not killed Harold.
efw- Liked your top 10, Caesar & Scipio are my top dogs too : ) . I am under the impression that Hauser’s superior was Von Manstein. Rommel is overrated IMHO, but I don’t know why I forgot to put Patton (my mistake)

chrisB- Alexander was a great hero indeed!!!!

roosteman- In know many names are not common knowledge, but just because they are not known, it makes them lesser. Take Manstein; everybody thinks Rommel was Germany’s top dog in WWII, but the consensus among generals is that Manstein was the man. All others won key strategic victories with LT implications. Henry III benefited from a VERY STUPID French move based on chivalry nonsense and the longbow at Crecy , (Henry V fought at Agincourt – same story). Nelson was very brave, but if you read the Trafalgar’s campaign entire history, it is a comedy of errors.

Notrealname- Wellington was very efficient, but he was not in the same level as Bonaparte. He should be distingushed, though.
cp_scipiom – Loved references to Epanimodas (the Teban Sacred Batallion), Marius (Rome’s "New Model Army" creator), Belisarius (there is a reason why the Bizantine emperor feared him), Jan Ziska (Hussite rebellion, right?), Sobieski & Prinz Eugen (only guy in Europe who understood what Malborough was trying to do). You got me on Pilsudki, nedd to check him out.

nacman- Grant was a great, but IMHO both Lee and Sherman were better in the CW. Arnold was great, too bad he turned. Montgomery is the most overrated general of WWII.

Gaius Jullius Caesar – I liked Caesar’s empire building scheme, his exploits in Germania and Britain.

Scipio Africanus

Napoleon Bonaparte

Ghengis Khan – his empire was greater than Hitlers, Alexander’s and the roman empire combined.

Paul Hausser (especially for his victory at the 3rd Battle of Kharkov beating a Red Army 7 times his size)

Hannibal Barca – nearly brought rome to its knees

Erwin Rommel – desert exploits and charge across France in 1940.

George Patton – great tank commander

ALexander the Great – world conqueror

Stonewall Jackson – the man behind Lee’s victory at Chanclorsville, among others.

Robert E. Lee – beloved general among his men

Zhukov – stabilized the Eastern front

I see in the european press they are making so much of the John Terry affair, but i seem to remember mr beckham and the english teams coach Sven involved with some Clintonese type scandals. So why the interest? and why take the leadership from him if they did not do it when beckham did it and you guys loved Sven for doing it.

Is it so bad that he is being alienated by his country men?

Who knows why the press are so keen to destroy him

I’ll stick by him as England captain,what he does in his private life has no affect on what he does on the pitch.

What would be a good thesis topic for my Master’s in Business with a concentration in Strategic Leadership?

Strategic????
Maybe it would be better said as A Plutonic Leader.

There is fairly strong evidence that traits can predict ____________ more accurately than leadership effectiveness.

A leadership awareness.
B leadership competence.
C extroversion in leaders.
D leadership emergence.
E the conscientiousness of leaders.
Anyone posting fake answers or Tiny URLS wil be reported as spam

Hello!

There is fairly strong evidence that traits can predict leadership awareness more accurately than leadership effectiveness.

I never studied Psychology into detail really, but I’m supposing that being aware that your a leader is more effective than the effectiveness of the leadership.

I hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Mr.Math

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