The Abraham Lincoln School of Management

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Pres. Abraham Lincoln looms large in history, and recent films have rekindled interest in Lincoln's methods. Harvard Prof. Nancy Koehn said Lincoln's methods are instructive to would-be business leaders.

In the last presidential race, former Gov. Mitt Romney tried selling himself to voters as "CEO-in-chief" — as a business leader ready to lead the nation to a better future.

As we know, the pitch ultimately fell short. But if we reversed the situation, could business leaders learn something from our presidents?

With President's Day just around the corner, and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln up for a host of awards, Harvard Prof. Nancy Koehn joined Kara Miller to talk about Pres. Lincoln's leadership style.

GUEST:

• Nancy Koehn, professor at Harvard Business School. Her piece in the New York Times is called Lincoln's School of Management.

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• Watch a trailer from Lincoln to see a dramatization of the famed management style.