Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun

by Wess Roberts

Overview

Explains how the legendary military commander's principles of leadership can be applied to contemporary business situations in the '90s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446535496
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	10/15/2007
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	399,207
File size:	754 KB

About the Author

Wess Roberts, Ph.D. is the international best-selling author of Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich, and Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun.

Dr. Roberts has held senior management positions at major insurance and financial service companies on the West Coast. He served as a major in the U.S. Army where he was assigned for three years to the U.S. Army Combat Arms Training Board. As an adjunct professor at Southern Utah University, Utah State University, and Nova University, Dr. Roberts has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in business, education and psychology. He currently makes his home in Utah, where he writes and lectures on a variety of business and leadership topics.

Table of Contents

	Author's Note	ix
	Preface	xiii
	Introduction: In Search of Attila	1
1	In the Roman Court: "Leadership Qualities"	14
2	The Lust for Leadership: "You've Got to Want to Be in Charge"	23
3	Becoming a Hun: "Customs"	29
4	Peace in the Camp: "Morale and Discipline"	34
5	The Fury of Internal Battles: "Cunning in the Tribes"	39
6	The Tribute: "Paying and Receiving Deference"	44
7	Battle Dress and Armament: "Chieftains Are as They Appear to Their Huns"	50
8	Aetius: "Picking Your Enemies Wisely"	54
9	Leading the Charge: "Responsibilities of a Chieftain"	59
10	The Omen of Aquileia: "The Essentials of Decisiveness"	65
11	Horse Holders: "The Art of Delegation"	72
12	Booty: "Rewarding Your Huns"	76
13	Attila and the Pope: "The Art of Negotiation"	80
14	Surviving Defeat: "There Is Another Day"	86
15	The Bones of Caravans Past: "Lessons Learned"	91
16	Ashes to Ashes: "Departing with Nobility"	96
	Attilaisms: Selected Thoughts of Attila	101