Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managers""In Shakespeare on Management"" Paul Corrigan takes a fascinating look at the psychology of leadership using classic Shakespearean characters. He shows how, through his plays, Shakespeare demonstrates the different roles a leader can take and the different skills needed. He analyses the decision-making and actions of certain characters to see what can be learnt by today s managers, such as: * How Richard II s belief that having the title of King was enough became fatal; * Why Richard III s manipulative approach finally isolated him; * What made Henry V a great leader? * How Shakespeare s development of subplots directs our attention to the vital role of support staff; * What can we learn from Lear s fool about how to advise for leaders. Play after play taught 16th-century audiences lessons about how leaders organized their rise to power and how their failures precipitated their decline. In the 21st century we need to learn a great deal about how to lead and there is much that still can be learnt about leadership, power and responsibility from Shakespeare s magnificent works. The lessons are all in this unique book. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Authority is not enough | 33 |
Is being king enough? | 47 |
Whose power did he wield Romes | 69 |
His own man with ambition | 95 |
Leading from the front | 120 |
Learning to be a heroic leader | 135 |
Paying attention to the subplot | 181 |
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Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managers Paul Corrigan No preview available - 2000 |
Shakespeare on Management: Leadership Lessons for Today's Managers Paul Corrigan No preview available - 1999 |
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References to this book
Rethinking Management Education for the 21st Century Charles Wankel,Bob DeFillippi No preview available - 2002 |