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Napoleon. Monthly bill Gates. George W. Bush. Osama bin Laden. Leaders and authority are perennial issues of debate. What is leadership? How exactly does one become a leader? Do we absolutely need leaders? In this particular Very Short Launch, Keith Grint offers provocative answers to these questions, prompting listeners to rethink their assumptions in what authority is. Indeed, Grint argues that authority is an extremely elusive quality, and that there are few definitive answers found, which is why most books on authority produce very much heat therefore little light. But there are essential questions to ask, questions that shed light on why authority so resists definition. Grint talks about the way authority has evolved from its earliest manifestations in old societies; highlights the first ideas about authority found in Plato, Sunlight Tzu, Machiavelli, and others; considers how sociable, economic, and politics causes can undermine particular modes of authority; and talks about the practice of management - its record, future, and effect on all aspects of society.
