Course Information
Course Overview
What Machiavelli actually said on Leadership and Office Politics. 107 pages of text condensed into less than one hour.
Quickly discover Machiavelli's "The Prince."
"The Prince" is a classic text on Leadership - a must read for aspiring CEOs.
107 pages condensed into about an hour of short video lectures.
This is a great use of valuable time for busy people.
We correct the old misconceptions about Machiavelli as a voice of evil and focus on his pre-occupation with stability and good order.
We provide a full transcription of the course as a pdf file which you can read alongside the video lectures.
Discover how to build consensus after mergers, takeovers or acquisitions.
Eliminate office politics by identifying and avoiding office politicians who might challenge your authority.
Select team members who share your vision and values.
Accentuate the qualities that people expect in strong leaders and remove any obvious weaknesses.
Learn when and how to exert your authority without harming your reputation.
Course Content
- 6 section(s)
- 14 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Comparison between Warring States and Corporate Life
- Section 3 The Heart of the Matter
- Section 4 Consensus
- Section 5 Establishing Control
- Section 6 Character Traits of an Effective Leader
What You’ll Learn
- This course teaches the central observations in The Prince on strong leadership and politics, We invite you to draw parallels with modern corporate life and apply the lessons to your role as a leader in business, Learn how to build consensus, Deal with challenges to your authority, Identify wise counsellors and build a great team, Win your workforce to your cause, Know when to be forceful and when to be lenient, Model the most positive character traits as Machiavelli sees them, Deal with negative attributes, Stop your team from engaging in harmful office politics
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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AAnton Griessel
Good, thanx
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DDimitri Blémur
I find it interesting to connect the business world and the Machiavelli principles for leadership. Politics is in every aspects of life, and power struggle is everywhere. This is a great course, and my understanding of strategies to foster a stable governance has sharpened. I will surely continue reviewing from time to time the content of this course.
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AAbed Abu-Snaineh
Material is poor quality, no pdf documentation of transcripts either.
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BBrian Steven Martin
PDF file at end of course was not a pdf but some unknown file type. This course was just having text read to student. No instruction.