The Leader's Guide to Past and Future

A leader needs to know about the past in order to develop reliable expectations about the future and the consequences of the actions the leader takes. This is hard because history is often distorted for political purposes, past and present. A leader needs to recognize distortions and ignore them, focusing instead on the reality behind myths, ideologies and falsified histories. The purpose of The Leader's Guide to Past and Present is to assist leaders in using history objectively. D. Quinn Mills, who has taught at MIT and Harvard Business School, draws lessons from history that are relevant to those in leadership positions today, offering a unique and unmatched perspective on the past.