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Five Things Business Owners Can Learn From
The Battle of Waterloo
Wednesday , 9th December 2015 Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
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The Battle of Waterloo: 16th -18th June 1815
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NapoleonThe
French
Duke of Wellington
Anglo-German-Dutch
Gebhard von Blucher
The Prussians
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The Battle of Waterloo –The Facts
• Napoleon had 72,000 troops, Wellington 68,000 and Blucher 30,000
• Between the armies, there were around 60,000 horses and over 500 guns
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"Scotland Forever!" by Elizabeth Thompson - htt
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The Battle of Waterloo –The Facts
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The Battle of W
aterloo by William
Sadler
• The battle ground was held over an area of five square miles
• Casualties: Napoleon (33,000); Wellington and Blucher (22,000)
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Business Tips
Wellington & Blucher
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As Wellington said:“It was the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life”
In business, marginal gains (as the Japanese say “Kaizen”), can mean the difference between success and failure – minor improvements every day should be the mantra.
The Importance of A Strategic Alliance
1st
2nd The Importance of Marginal Gains
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Business Tips
It is generally accepted that Wellington and Blucher’s Chief of Staffs were better informed than Napoleon’s. In business, there has to be ‘buy-in’ by everyone in the organisation.
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Napoleon erroneously delayed his first attack. Better a good
plan today than a perfect plan tomorrow”
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It is no good only Top Management knowing the Plan
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Business Tips
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“No Battle Plan Survives Contact with the Enemy”.
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Well worth a visit
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Apsley House in 1829 by TH Shepherd.
C. G. P. Grey
The Wellington Arch at Hyde Park corner has an excellent exhibition, giving a good overview of the battle.
Apsley House (The Wellington Museum) at Hyde Park
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Website: www.jfpstrategic-planning.co.uk
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