Plutarch’s Lives- Eumenes and Sertorius

12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Eumenes and the Roman Sertorius. Highlights include:
·       Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.
·       Lives of Eumenes and Sertorius.
·       Comparison in the lives of Eumenes and Sertorius.
·       Are they really tragic figures?
·       The role of prominent citizens outside the capital cities of Athens and Rome.
·      What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Eumenes and Sertorius.
Resources
Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer
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12 O’Clock High, a podcast on business leadership brings together stories from history, the arts and movies, research and current events to consider leadership lessons. In this episode, Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are on a 10-part summer series on leadership lessons from biographies found in Plutarch’s Lives. Each week we will pair an ancient Greek and Roman to learn about their lives, the comparison and contrast between the two men and what leadership lessons with might draw from their lives. In today’s episode we look at the Greek Eumenes and the Roman Sertorius. Highlights include:

·       Introduction of Plutarch’s Lives as historical work.

·       Lives of Eumenes and Sertorius.

·       Comparison in the lives of Eumenes and Sertorius.

·       Are they really tragic figures?

·       The role of prominent citizens outside the capital cities of Athens and Rome.

·      What leadership lessons can be drawn from the lives Eumenes and Sertorius.

Resources

Plutarch’s Lives by Bill Thayer

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