Abstract
Elizabeth I—celebrated for saving England from the Spanish Armada in 1588—is universally recognized for being the virgin queen who refused to marry, for the cultural refinement of the Elizabethan era of which Shakespeare is but one example, and for being the nemesis of Mary Queen of Scots. However, this enigmatic queen also laid the foundation for the unique combination of entrepreneurship and insularity that would allow Great Britain over time to grow into a world power. She was masterful at leveraging her difference as a woman in a professional environment full of men, highly skilled at communicating her message to create a followership, and competent at giving feedback at different levels and in a way that was both clear and easy to digest—just to mention a few of her impressive leadership attributes.
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Elizabeth, Speech 3. Repeated in Speech 4 to the Scottish Ambassador in 1561 later and in Speech 6 to Parliament in 1563.
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This would become Britain’s European strategy until the end of World War II.
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Axelrod 108–109.
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Elizabeth, Speech 21.
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Somerset 514. Leicester’s over-enthusiasm about his command to lead a force to the Netherlands, made the Queen believe that he sought rather his “own glory than her true service”: Somerset 414.
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Elizabeth, Prayer 9.
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Elizabeth, Speech 23.
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Isaiah 49:23; Hackett 4.
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Elizabeth, Speech 5.
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Elizabeth, Speech 7
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Elizabeth, Speech 19.
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Haig 25; Somerset 187 and 191.
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Elizabeth, Collected Works, 325 n1; Somerset 464.
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Somerset 94.
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Elizabeth, Letters 13 and 15.
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Elizabeth, Speech 19.
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Elizabeth, Speech 1.
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Axelrod 123; Somerset 66–67.
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Elizabeth, Letter 62.
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Somerset 483.
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Elizabeth, Letters 95.
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For example Elizabeth, Letter 61 (her honor being touched by Leicester’s disavowal of her instructions in the Netherlands).
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Elizabeth, Speech 1.
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Elizabeth, Letter 99.
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For example in her Golden Speech: “care for my subjects”; “willingness to venture her life for your good and safety.” Elizabeth, Speech 23. Leicester and others described her as mother of her people.
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Levin, Heart, 140.
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Vanderbroeck, P. (2014). Elizabeth I of England: Managing a Team of Men. In: Leadership Strategies for Women. Management for Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39623-6_4
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