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The worst manager I ever had used to keep a copy of The Prince at his desk. He definitely looked at other people the way this article seems to encourage you to.
by synu 4y ago
The worst manager I ever had used to keep a copy of The Prince at his desk. He definitely looked at other people the way this article seems to encourage you to.
- michaelscott 4y agoA bizarre choice if they were middle management; the running of a kingdom in the Prince is only really directly applicable to highest levels of C-suite management.
- synu 4y agoI guess it was their aspiration, but they behaved so apallingly to other people that they never went anywhere past middle management.
- mach1ne 4y agoWell, according to one theory, the Prince was supposed to be a Trojan Horse fooling the reader into acting against their best interests, since Machiavelli wrote it as a gift for his arch nemesis.
- pmoriarty 4y agoMachiavellian principles like "it's better to be feared than loved" seem to be quite applicable to any level of management, not just the C-suite.
- gherkinnn 4y agoHe probably never read it anyway. And you missed a chance to replace it with Le Petit Prince.
- kache_ 4y agocringe.....