The next in Alan Axelrod's engaging and popular CEO series spotlights a perfect subject: Napoleon, the brilliant military strategist who also laid the administrative and judicial foundations for much of Western Europe. Axelrod looks at this much-studied figure in a new way, exploring six areas that constitute the core of what made Napoleon a great leader: Audacity, Vision, Empathy, Strategy, Logistics, and Tactics. Within these areas Axelrod formulates approximately 60 lessons framed in military analogies, valuable for anyone who aspires to leadership, whether in the boardroom or the Oval Office. ALAN AXELRODis the prolific author of more than 60 business and history books, including Sterling'sProfiles in,The Real History, andRiskseries. He has been a creative consultant and on-camera personality for documentary series on A&E and Discovery Channel, and appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox, and NPR. He has been featured inBusinessWeek,Fortune, andUSA Today. He lives inATLANTA, GEORGIA. The business media embraced Axelrod's previous CEO booksElizabeth I, CEOandPatton on Leadership-bothBusinessWeekbest-sellers Praise for Winston Churchill, CEO "In the hands of a lesser writer, this story of Churchill's brilliant career could have been muted by the business-book treatment; fortunately, Churchill's forceful personality takes center stage..."Publishers Weekly[STARRED REVIEW]