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1. The Birth of Leadership

Author : Michael Alznauer

Published in: Leading Naturally

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Can you imagine what the small community living for numerous generations some 350,000 years ago, accommodating three outbuildings, a “workshop” area and a “butchers shop”, hunted and consumed more than 1,000 animals, did without leadership or management? In my opinion, this question is entirely rhetorical.

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Title: The Birth of Leadership
Author: Michael Alznauer
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Leading Naturally
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-45110-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-45111-3

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45111-3_1