General Sir Mike Jackson - Leadership Lessons

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General Sir Mike Jackson - Leadership Lessons

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It's not difficult to see why General Sir Mike Jackson was once in control of the British army. He has a booming voice, the glower of someone who will brook no disobedience of compromise, and more wrinkles than a champion bloodhound - the telltale signs of wisdom and experience. His address to the London Business Forum marked the publication of his autobiography, Soldier, but it also came in the same week that he and several other grandees of the British military savaged the government for underfunding the Ministry of Defence. Even in retirement, it seems, he's still fighting.
In the Q&A session following his speech, Jackson described the armed forces as "heading for a bit of a crisis". But the event began with the topic of leadership, which he described as "an art rather more than it's a science"...
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@miacheco5307 4 жыл бұрын

Great General and Respected man

@wongawonga1000 6 жыл бұрын

When Napoleon took over command of the Army of Italy in 1796 at the age of 26, one of his Generals described how Napoleon entered a tent filled with Generals, many of whom had been in the Army prior to Napoleon being born, who would be under Napoleon's command, laid out his plan and left. The General said "the little bugger scared me". It would be interesting to hear General Jackson's viewpoint on the personality traits that enable a young man to have this kind of impact. Is this the sign of a true leader? Is it possible for people with less forceful personalities (Napoleon was admittedly in a league of his own) to be taught how to present in such a manner?

@itsrobm8 3 жыл бұрын

Napoleon was a good leader and a good commander, but for the same reasons as Gustavus Adolphus of the Swedish Empire, failed to become a "great" leader or military strategist. He lost partly because he became overconfident in his own ability - he became greedy and underestimated the enemy a number of times. In the end, he made quite a few failures that led to his demise.