Confucius on Leadership [Paperback] Adair, John

Excellent book on China . Great read . I had read this book by borrowing it from my club library and found it so good that I decided to have a copy of my own. Is a good book to go back to and reread as it has some simple and at the same time powerful messages from the Confucian ideology.

Power packed book.

Goid

Honestly I was expecting a book where the wisdom of Confucius was applied in modern day situations, but instead I got a book with loose references to several Chinese philosophers. Didn’t satisfy my need.

the best on leadership perhaps

I am very pleased with this book. Studying leadership/management this book is a great asset - thank for fast delivery and yes I would recommend it to everyone

Actually, the title is more than somewhat misleading, since a considerable part of the (rather slight) book is about the sayings of other, non-Chinese thinkers about forms of leadership. Also, I must confess I find the style in which the reader is addressed a bit infantile. Moreover, as in (too) many (recent) books about leadership, the claims made (also about the author's own originality of thought...) and the advice offered are rather vague, generalistic. As far as simple self-help books go, this one, as many of Adair's rather similar works, is usable. As an analysis of Confucius's complex thoughts on leadership, it simply is not up to date on modern scholarship.