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Power plays : Shakespeare's lessons in leadership and management

In this book the authors use examples in Shakespeare's plays to teach lessons about leadership, management, and business
Print Book, English, 2002, ©2000
1st Touchstone ed View all formats and editions
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2002, ©2000
316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780684868882, 0684868881
50150945
pt. 1. Power : for good and for evil. Power is a freighted idea : understand it before you use it
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown : promoted? Transferred? New hire? Tips from the master
The trusted lieutenant : a delicate balance
The skipping King : uses and abuses of perks, pay, and privilege
Women and power : Shakespeare's education and transformation
pt. 2. All the world's a stage : business as theater. All the world's a stage : playing the part
Lend me your ears : the art of persuasion
pt. 3. The search within : integrating value, vision, mission, and strategy. Polonius's paradox : choices and consequences for man alone and man in society
The choice and master deceivers of their age : what's fair in love, war, and business
Banish not your Jack Falstaff : the value of mavericks in our midst
To be or not to be : it's up to you : Hamlet's fatal flaws
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