Jethro (Reuel)
c. 1400 BC — Midian
Era: Ancient
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History's first management consultant.
"What you are doing is not good. You will only wear yourselves out."
Biography
Moses' fatherinlaw. Observed Moses judging from morning to evening. Advised hierarchical delegation: leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, tens.
Key Facts
- First organizational restructuring in history
- Introduced hierarchical delegation
- Standard management theory 3,400 years early
- Priest of Midian
- Recognized leadership burnout
He invented organizational management. In a desert. In 1400 BC.
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