How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership

by Jeffrey Beneker & Plutarch

“Should an Old Man Engage in Politics?” is the title of one of Plutarch’s essays, translated in Jeffrey Beneker’s How to Be a Leader: An Ancient Guide to Wise Leadership. The book is part of Princeton University Press’s “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers” series and we can safely say that many of the issues Plutarch worried about remain relevant today.

We spoke to Jeff Beneker about the Best Books on Leadership (from Ancient Greek and Rome).