Napoleon

The glorious Italian Campaign (1796-1797), the Second Italian Campaign and the battle of Marengo (1800), the 1806-1807 Campaign or the terrible Russian Campaign in 1812, here are only a few of Napoleon’s military campaigns where he could generously reflect on the fact that the army indeed marches on its stomach. A successful military campaign in Napoleon’s times meant that, as a Supreme Commander, you had to organize military communication, structure and administer supplies and identify and exploit sources of food in the country where fighting was carried out. The 21st century is not much different, except that the armies are no longer armies, they are multinationals and organizations with hundreds of thousands of employees. The battle is still a battle for resources, a battle to ensure that the organization receives sources of income to be exploited in the future. Further more, it is still a battle for the human resource, the soldiers in Napoleon’s army, people who are “poor, smart and hungry”, ready to do battle for the organization that pays them. Find the right motivation for your human resource, whether it is money, a better position in the company or the means to climb to the top, and you can expect a better performance on their part.