George Washington on Leadership May 20, 2008

One man's struggles and successes 200 years ago can be a model for leaders today. At every stage of George Washington's career as an executive--as general, president, and tycoon--he had to deal with changing circumstances, from tobacco prices to geopolitics, and with wildly different classes of men, from frontiersmen to aristocrats. Two experts discuss how Washington maximized his strengths and overcame his flaws, and inspires us to do likewise.