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Personal power v. socialized power: What Machiavelli and St. Francis can tell us about modern CEOs

Research identifies 40 CEOs exhibiting Machiavellian personal power and 40 showing humble socialized power, highlighting contrasting leadership motivations and outcomes in corporate success.

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Niccolò Machiavelli, the infamous author of "The Prince," wrote in the 1500s that the ideal leader makes and breaks solemn agreements. He creates alliances with weak allies to defeat a powerful enemy and then eliminates them one by one. He blames his next-in-charge for his own mistakes, and he executes opponents in public.

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What Machiavelli and St. Francis can tell us about today's CEOs

(The Conversation) — The kind of power that motivates a leader shapes their behavior, two management scholars write.

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