Power Plays. Shakespeare's Lessons In Leadership And Management

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Simon And Schuster
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: First Edition

Description: 316 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Explains why the issues fueling the intricate plots of Shakespeare's plays are the same issues that business leaders must contend with today.What can Shakespeare teach us about effective leadership? Everything, according to John Whitney, former president of Pathmark Supermarkets and now professor at Columbia Business School, and Tina Packer, founder, president and artistic director of the critically acclaimed theater group Shakespeare and Company.The issues fueling the intricate plots of Shakespearea´s four hundred year old plays are the same common yet complex issues that business leaders contend with today.ContentsPrologueI. POWER. FOR GOOD AND FOR EVIL1. Power is a freighted idea. Understand it before you use it2. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown3. The trusted lieutenant. A delicate balance4. The skipping king. Uses and abuses of perks, pay, and privilege5. Women and powerII. ALL THE WORLDa´S A STAGE. BUSINESS AS THEATER6. All the worlda´s a stage. Playing the part7. Lend me your ears. The art of persuasionIII. THE SEARCH WITHIN. INTEGRATING VALUES, MISSION, AND STRATEGY8. Poloniusa´s paradox. Choices and consequences for man alone and man in society9. The choice and master deceivers of their age10. Banish not your Jack Falstaff. The value of mavericks in our midst11. To be or not to be -ita´s up to you. Hamleta´s fatal flawsEpilogue. A womanNotesAcknowledgementsIndex

ISBN: 9780684868875