Focus on Leadership

Leadership and management lessons from the sports world.

In a world where every business and organization is in a permanent state of change, these questions are asked constantly. Yet ‘leadership’ as a word did not really appear in a dictionary until the late 1800s. Prior to that period of time leaders enjoyed largely inherited power and authority. It was the time of Kings and Tyrants. ‘Leadership’ as a topic for development and study in the business world only came into real focus with the onset of the industrial era of the early 20th century.