Leadership Secrets Of Attila The Hun By Wess Roberts

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Leadership Secrets Of Attila The Hun – Wess Roberts

Attila the Hun throughout history has been portrayed as a ferocious ugly little tyrant. The book describes leadership as the privilege to have the responsibility to direct the actions of others in carrying out the purposes of the organization, at varying levels of authority and with accountability for both successful and failed endeavors. Attila’s nation has long died out, and he is a most questionable role model for anyone to follow. However, his career presents an enthralling and suitable opportunity for a prime on leadership. The Huns were a vigorous, deceitful people without common purposes. Of course Attila was faced with deceit, but he even experienced deceit from his own family. …show more content…

He had a great pride of strength. He maintained a strong relationship with his father King Mundzuk. However, after his father’s death, his uncle Rugila took over the throne. Attila at the age of 12 was sent away as a child hostage to the Roman Court of Honorius. Ruglia’s plan was to spread the Roman influence into the foreign lands. Attila on the other hand, greatly resisted the publicity. He then began to observe the empires policies and practices. After many failed attempts of escaping, he decided to study and observe the empire. Through his observations, he learned about leadership, practices, and the other fundamentals suited for future …show more content…

Reflecting back on the death of his father, Attila wasn’t satisfied with his uncle Rugila. He felt that the Huns shouldn’t perform unnecessary services for strangers. Viewed as a threat to Ruglia’s reign, Attila was sent away. He was able to turn his anger for the empire into energetic ways of studying leadership. He was determined to reunite the Huns and conquer the Romans. When he saw a light, he took charge. He was very responsible, ambitious, courageous, and capable. He showed a great desire to lead. He was very committed with a willingly lust to serve the Huns. He had a resilience to overcome personal misfortunes, discouragement, rejection, and disappointment. He didn’t allow negative subordinates to mislead him. Also greatness can only be made possible through personality. He was never too overeager. Most importantly, he was fearless with a passion to succeed, learn, listen, and grow. “I leave you with the admonition to never accept an office of leadership for which you are not willing to pay the tribute necessary to successfully fulfill its

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