Passion and Discipline - Don Quixote's Lessons for Leadership (2003)

Synopsis: Using the Spanish literary icon as a model, this program examines what qualities contemporary political and social leaders should strive for. Professor Emeritus James G. March expands on the... Using the Spanish literary icon as a model, this program examines what qualities contemporary political and social leaders should strive for. Professor Emeritus James G. March expands on the theories discussed in his class at the Stanford University School of Business, explaining how modern and contemporary leaders can learn a lesson from Don Quixote's legend. Drawing from his class lectures, Professor March provides narration for the program and finds ways of connecting Quixote's escapades with events centuries after the character's time. Just a few of the people considered include Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Gates, and Richard Nixon. [More]