Professional Leader 2013-2017
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Professional Leader Magazine Issues 11–20
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Issues 11-20 Summaries
Issue 11
The Walt Disney Lessons
Issue 11 features Walt Disney, one of the twentieth century's most influential entrepreneurs and storytellers. Learn how ideas translate into structured effort, how culture supports performance, and how high standards produce memorable results. Themes include creativity, persistence, service quality, innovation, standards, teamwork, and strategic thinking.
Spring/Summer 2013
Issue 12
The Katharine Graham Lessons
Issue 12 features Katharine Graham, respected for her courage, resilience, and judgement under intense public pressure. Learn to act with integrity, make difficult decisions, accept accountability, and uphold standards when the stakes are high. Themes include courage, integrity, judgement, resilience, accountability, influence, and leadership under scrutiny.
Autumn/Winter 2013
Issue 13
The Abraham Maslow Lessons
Issue 13 features Abraham Maslow, best known for developing the hierarchy of needs. Learn how understanding the key drivers of behaviour can boost your team's morale, commitment, and performance. Themes include belonging, esteem, purpose, development, human potential, aspiration, and the relationship between individual and organisational needs.
Spring/Summer 2014
Issue 14
The Peter Drucker Lessons
Issue 14 features Peter Drucker, author of 39 books on management and enterprise. Learn how to clarify purpose, make better decisions, manage time, and improve performance through discipline. Themes include responsibility, effectiveness, strategy, contribution, innovation, accountability, and turning knowledge into measurable outcomes.
Autumn/Winter 2014
Issue 15
The Madam C. J. Walker Lessons
Issue 15 features Madam C. J. Walker, celebrated for her enterprise, ambition, and commitment to opportunity. Learn how determination builds confidence, how reputation builds trust, and how service can drive growth. Themes include ambition, resilience, confidence, opportunity, influence, personal standards, and purposeful enterprise.
Spring/Summer 2015
Issue 16
The Carl Jung Lessons
Issue 16 features Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology and one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers on personality. Learn how self-awareness improves judgement, communication, and leadership maturity by understanding behaviour. Themes include personality, reflection, perception, meaning, personal growth, and team dynamics.
Autumn/Winter 2015
Issue 17
The Mother Teresa Lessons
Issue 17 features Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Learn how values shape behaviour, how purpose drives action, and how quiet strength can influence others. Themes include ethical leadership, care, responsibility, humility, consistency, dignity, service, and leading by example.
Spring/Summer 2016
Issue 18
The Stephen Covey Lessons
Issue 18 features Stephen Covey, an international speaker and bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Learn how principle-centred thinking strengthens trust, responsibility, and long-term results. Themes include character, habits, proactive behaviour, trust, priorities, renewal, and aligning daily choices with lasting values.
Autumn/Winter 2016
Issue 19
The Max Weber Lessons
Issue 19 features Max Weber, a founding thinker on sociology, known for his work on authority, structure, bureaucracy, and organisational order. Learn how systems shape behaviour, how authority gains legitimacy, and how clear roles support performance. Themes include responsibility, discipline, hierarchy, decision-making, accountability, and effectiveness.
Spring/Summer 2017
Issue 20
The Estée Lauder Lessons
Issue 20 features Estée Lauder, founder of the leading beauty business, renowned for personal selling, brand discipline, and customer focus. Learn how reputation is built on trust, how standards foster loyalty, and how to turn relationships into results. Themes include personal influence, excellence, persistence, reputation, and strategic leadership.
Autumn/Winter 2017