The Mind of a Leader I by Benjamin Holk Henriksen & Fredrik Lassenius

Author:Benjamin Holk Henriksen & Fredrik Lassenius
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Niccolo Machiavelli, leadership, management, ancient philosophy, communication, advice, anita roddick, philip kotler, larry flynt, michael dukakis, steven hilton, philippe starck, lego, aston martin, acer, stan shih, ford models, tony visconti, nicolas winding refn, inspiration, pat boone, mads øvlisen, multicultural, john dunn, political science, jan carlzon, franz beckenbauer, michael moore, garry kasparov, björn borg, richard valdemar
ISBN: 9788799643028
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2014
Published: 2014-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14: Studying Great Leaders and Staying Alert

In chapter XIV “Of the duties of a prince in relation to military matters” Machiavelli specifies that a prince should have no other thought or object so much at heart, and make no other thing so much his especial study, as the art of war and the organization and discipline of his army; for that is the only art that is expected of him who commands. And he should study it in time of peace as much as in actual war. This can be done by practical exercise, and by scientific study. A prince must not only keep his troops well disciplined and exercised, accustomed to hardships, he should also read history, and therein study the actions of eminent men and examine the causes of their victories and defeats, so that he may imitate the former and avoid the latter. But above all he should follow the example of a distinguished man he may have chosen for his model; assuming that someone has been specially praised, and always keep his deeds and actions before him.

To what extent do Machiavelli’s thoughts apply to the roles and responsibilities of modern leaders from different countries, cultures and trades? How important is it to study great leaders and to stay alert?

Richard Valdemar (USA)

Organized Crime Expert

Fmr. Sergeant, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.

Vietnam Veteran

“There are people who think that human beings are good in their nature and that given a good environment and a normal family that they would turn out fairly well. And then we have other beliefs, like the bible, that says we are desperately evil from our birth and that its only law and order that keeps us within the boundaries. And so we have this role model question. There are some kids, like when I was growing up we would play cowboys and Indians. There was always a guy who wanted to be the bad guy, who wanted to be the villain. And he identified with villains and it was easy for him to do the things that villains are supposed to do, and he liked that. And naturally he progressed into a criminal world while, you know, I identified with the white hat cowboy who’s trying to do good or the knight and then you would have the black knight the evil knight and just the whole range of children’s games where we can see early on that people identify with either the good or evil. And sometimes it seems that that’s almost a natural part of their personality.”

Tony Visconti (USA)

Music Producer

(David Bowie, T-Rex, Thin Lizzy, U2, Morrissey etc.)

“What I think in the music business is important is to study people who have gone before you, there have been...you know we have centuries of great musicians great poets. I think it’s a song writers duty to study great music. We all have a primitive inner nature to create everybody creates when you are sin school you cut things out and you create and you paste

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