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Leading Giants: Influence Without Control
This episode explores a very different leadership challenge for Winston Churchill: how to remain influential when you no longer control the outcome. As Britain moves from standing almost alone in 1940 to fighting alongside the vastly more powerful United States and Soviet Union, Churchill must lead through relationships, negotiation, reciprocity, and persuasion rather than authority.
From Roosevelt and the Atlantic Charter to Stalin, Tehran, and Yalta, the episode examines how shifting resources and dependencies reshape influence. Churchill remains one of the world's most prestigious leaders…
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