Richard Lummis and I are back with more business leadership lessons. In this episode of 12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership, we take a look at leadership lessons from the Marcus Aurelius who was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire. He was a Stoic philosopher and it is from that tradition we present his leadership lessons applicable to today’s business executive.

Highlights of this podcast include:

1. Background of Marcus Aurelius.
2. Philosophical learnings of Marcus Aurelius.
3. What led to writing of Mediations?
4. Lessons from Meditations.
5. Business lessons.
6. Leadership lessons. Why did they participate? Is there one right reason?
7. Rules for life.
8. Final thoughts on leadership lessons.

Resources

10 Rules for Being an Exceptional Leader

Ten Rules for Life

Why business leaders look to stoicism

Mediations

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