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In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
by Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria
from Harvard Business School Press

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• How great business leaders "seized the zeitgeist of their times"
  
  I recently read Paths to Power, co-authored by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria with Laura G. Singleton, as well as this book in which Mayo and Nohria also focus on some of the greatest business leaders of the twentieth century. As in Paths to Power, rather than limiting their attention to a set number of exemplary leaders - in chronological order -- and then devoting a separate chapter to each, Mayo and Nohria chose instead to examine the evolution of 20th century business leadership in terms of the ten... more info

• More than history - the insights of History on Business in the 21st Century
  This is an important read beyond the standard insights of Collins, Charan and others. The historical settings of each leader are detailed to set the traits and skills of each business leader in context of the social and economic realities of their times.
  Get two copies and give one to someone you admire and start a conversation on how important the social and economic realities are to business.
  

• Interesting Book
  I bought this book for one of my MBA courses. It is a great outline of business in America. I really enjoyed reading the book from the intro to the conclusion!

• V. good read
  Gives good sense of American economy combined with history and the leaders who shaped the economy.
  It gives excellent details about how the business leaders leveraged the environment (business context) to succeed.
  It is very inspirational to anyone thinking of creating a business and dreaming of making it big.

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