There may not be a perfect metaphor for leadership. Does "shepherd" really work?
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Norman Sandridge
Norman Sandridge is an assistant professor of classics at Howard University, where he teaches “Leadership in the Ancient World.”
Norman Sandridge: Can great leaders have true friends?
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Norman Sandridge
The evidence from the ancient world is that it’s really, really hard. What has your experience been?
Norman Sandridge: Leaders should be humane, eager to learn and honor-loving
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Norman Sandridge
We often take a leader's ambition to be a bad thing. But the late 5th Century BC figure Xenophon shows the good of a love of honor—if conjoined with a love of learning and humanity.
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