The program is structured by providing interactive teaching and workshops in which case studies of historical leaders in various international contexts will be examined.
Reading Materials to read in conjunction with lessons: Leadership Portraits from Caesar to Modern Times: Why These Leaders Matter Today (2023).
Course Structure:
1. Leadership theories and models: Learning to manage ourselves.
2. Types of leadership: analysis and historical comparisons.
3. Modern leaders of the past: The Caesars
– Mark Antony’s speech from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”.
4. The soft skills of the Leader and the development of a strategic vision: Napoleon Bonaparte.
5. The Evolution of Leadership Throughout History: Why Is Lincoln Still Relevant Today?
6. Creative thinking, example, inspiration, the Leader decides: Martin Luther King
7. Negotiation and Conflict Management: Franklin Delano Roosevelt the Transformative Leader.
8. Resilience and empathy in Leadership: the example of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, Angela Merkel, Giorgia Meloni
9. Margaret Thatcher: an iron Leader
10. Oprah Winfrey: a charismatic and visionary leader
11. Common Denominators of Great Leadership
The lessons will be held by Prof. Emilio Iodice, Director Emeritus, Professor of Leadership, Loyola University of Chicago, Diplomat and Advisor to US Administrations, with the integration of authoritative testimonies representative of modern Leadership.