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Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
Historical leader presentation: Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Emperor of France, United Europe’s founder
15 August 1769 (Ajaccio, Corsica, France) – 5 May 1821 (Saint Helena, United Kingdom)
Table of contents
Political Context in FranceContext in AustraliaCharacteristics and skillsHis childhood and educationGeographical impactEuropean Union in 2013Main proof of leadershipLegacyAnecdotes
Political Context in France Context in Australia
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
26 Aug
1789
21 Jan 1793
“Liberty leading French people”Painted by Delacroix in 1830
Execution by guillotine of Louis XVIPainted by
26 Jan 1788
Settlement of Captain James Cook in Botany Bay
Title of J.Cook’s map of East coasts
Penal camp
Declaration of Men and Citizens’ Rights
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
His characteristics and skills
• Fearless soldier• Military strategist• Competent on battlefields• Revolutionary• Republican• True • Loyal• Motivator
• Charismatic speaker• Reactive• Decisions taker• Confident• Stubborn • Determinate• Tyrant/ dictator
His childhood and education
• 3rd child of 7• Came from Italian Nobility
• Lack of his father: who was named
Corsica's representative to the court of Louis XVI in 1777.
• Catholic education• Military academy,
with excellent skills in maths.
• A brilliant student, but teased by others.• 1785, became an artillery officer.
• Started his career in Corsica and French south coasts, conducting victories for
republican values
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
Geographical impact
Napoleon was a ‘visionaire’: he built a kind of ‘European Union’Thanks to his leadership:
• Nov 1799: he is named ‘First Consul’ • 44 Victories (Arcole, Italy ; Cairo, Egypt ; Elchinhen ; Austerlitz ; Iena ; Friedland ; Moscow ; Vienna)
• 9 countries submitted• Dec 1804: he is named ‘Emperor’
• France, at its summit (+colonies, high presence of Napoleon in Egypt)• Its competitor in World’s fighting: the UK
(+Portugal and Gibraltar and colonies)• 3 beaten empires forced to take part into Napoleon’s alliance:
Austria, Prussia and Russia• Independent Monarchies:
Sardinia, Naples, Denmark, Sweden, Ottoman
European Union in 2013
1812
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
“In our time none has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them”
Self-Coronation as “Emperor” in N.D.Paris:11 Frimaire XIII - 2 Dec 1804
Painted by Jacques-Louis David
Main proof of leadership
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
Architectural Legacy Tuileries
Arc de Triomphe/ Champs Elysees
OrsayVendome
Carrousel/Louvre
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
Impact on society
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
Anecdotes
Napoleon is responsible for the Right Hand Driving in Europe
Napoleon against or for slavery ?
Thank you ;)
Margaux Ronfaut – BU057-A1 Leadership and Corporate Governance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4DbG18iwAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0S3GDH0TDw
1st of all: Contingency theory+Servant Leadership theory
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