There may not be a perfect metaphor for leadership. Does "shepherd" really work?
Norman Sandridge is an assistant professor of classics at Howard University, where he teaches “Leadership in the Ancient World.”
There may not be a perfect metaphor for leadership. Does "shepherd" really work?
The evidence from the ancient world is that it’s really, really hard. What has your experience been?
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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