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Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?
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From politics to social media and religion, how much impact do leaders have on the course of history? Jared Diamond explores the forces behind history’s most influential figures, examining when individuals can make a difference and when things might have unfolded much the same without them.
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, multimillion-copy bestselling classic Guns, Germs and Steel, a landmark study of leadership across politics, religion, business, and sports—seeking to decode how and why leaders matter.
Can one person change the world?
In his acclaimed and influential books Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings, he studies leaders thr...
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