The Seven Modes of Leadership by Dr Richard Claydon.

More words have been written about leadership than pretty much any other discipline.

Sun Tzu’s Art of War - leadership
Homer’s epics - leadership
Beowulf - leadership
Shakespeare’s Corpus - leadership

Despite, or perhaps because of, humanity’s rich and deep study of the subject, we struggle to elegantly define the concept.

In this DD, we’ll look at the seven modes of leadership that have accompanied human development through the ages.

• Divine/Heroic Leader
• Philosopher King
• Manager
• Boss
• Dignified Leader
• Trickster
• Rebel

Covering leadership ideas from the Napoleonic Wars, German philosophy, the cotton plantations, the Robber Barons, satire and mutinies, we’ll discuss how much still resonates in today’s world.

Dr Richard Claydon is the co-founder of EQ Lab, and the designer of the Future of Leadership module at Macquarie Business School’s Global MBA Program (ranked #6 globally by CEO Magazine).

He was awarded the highest achievable marks for a Ph.D in behavioural science. A Harvard Top-200 Management expert and business columnists for the Guardian newspaper have described this research as “a touchstone for the future work in management and organisation”, “outstanding in daring imagination” and “at the forefront of modern discussion and debate.”

Richard is a tier one tennis player, have coached tennis professionally, and also designed the tactics creator for the multi award-winning and world-leading management simulation, Football Manager.