Machiavellian Leadership and Management

Machiavellian Leadership and Management

While I was reading a book on Machiavellianism with unusual interest, my 13-year old daughter asked what is this all about. Usually I like such questions and I encourage them to ask such questions. My son also joined his sister...
To maintain the brevity, I decided to spend some time to recollect what I just read. The essence was: "leaders can accomplish their goals only by being tough, manipulative, dictatorial, or paternalistic as the situation requires…" "never make your intentions clear when you communicate…" " consider everybody as potential rivals and never believe…"
I realized the mistake I was going to make if I told the true content with full ownership. So I decided to take an advance bail this book I am not reading for practicing. I am just reading it for understanding the perception of the author and others who would read this...
⇨Is the Machiavellian approach still applicable today and is it sustainable?

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		3 suppinder bains Manager, Canada
	Machiavellian Management Style In answer to your question, it is sustainable and quite effective in the short-term in cases where t... Sign up

		2 Michael D. Moore Entrepreneur, United States
	Machiavellian Management Style I would be very concerned about using this method for short term gains at the expense of long term c... Sign up

		0 Graham Turnaround Manager, United Kingdom
	Machiavellian Management Style I think different management styles can be used for different situations. Sometimes things do go wro... Sign up

		3 Abhishek Vidyarthi, India
	Ineffective Leadership Style Leadership has evolved a lot since the making of Rome to say the least. If we look back it used to b... Sign up

		0 Soraya Arteaga Canada
	Machiavellian Management Style Leaders that rely on this approach a little or a lot have egotistical tendencies and are really only... Sign up

		0 Javier Elenes Business Consultant, Mexico
	Machiavelian Management versus Leadership A manager "manage people pushing they toward company goals. A leader manage people atracting they ... Sign up

		4 robin umiom Entrepreneur, Nigeria
	Machiavellian Style is not without Merits The Machiavellian management leadership style is not totally condemnable. It can still have some val... Sign up

		0 Alok Rath Management, India
	How Simple is the Question of Power? For me, Thomas Jefferson's quote (something like the following) is a key influencer - "The more powe... Sign up

		0 SATISH PANDE Business Consultant, India
	Machiavellian Management Style was Relevant Machiavellian management style was relevant during his period. Leadership is very dynamic it is a fu... Sign up

		3 Michael D. Moore Entrepreneur, United States
	Relevance of Machiavellian Style to lead Younger Employees I continue to feel that today the younger generation will not react in a productive way to the gener... Sign up