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

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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

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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

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“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

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Architectural Legacy Tuileries

Arc de Triomphe/ Champs Elysees

OrsayVendome

Carrousel/Louvre

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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 ;)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4DbG18iwAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0S3GDH0TDw

1st of all: Contingency theory+Servant Leadership theory