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The issues fueling the intricate plots of Shakespeare's four-hundred-year-old plays are the same common, yet complex issues that business leaders contend with today. And, as John Whitney and Tina Packer so convincingly demonstrate, no one but the Bard himself can penetrate the secrets of leadership with such piercing brilliance. Let him instruct you on the issues that managers face every day: Power: Richard II's fall from power can enlighten us. Trust: Draw on the experiences of King Lear and Othello. Decision: Hamlet illustrates the dos and don'ts of decision making. Action: See why Henry IV was effective and Henry VI was not. Whitney and Packer do not simply compare Shakespeare's plays with management techniques, instead they draw on their own wealth of business experience to show us how these essential Shakespearean lessons can be applied to modern-day challenges.Power Playsinfuses the world of business with new life -- and plenty of drama.… (more)
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pt. I.; Power: For Good and for Evil --; 1.; Power Is a Freighted Idea: Understand It Before You Use It --; 2.; Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears a Crown: Promoted? Transferred? New Hire? Tips from the Master --; 3.; Trusted Lieutenant: A Delicate Balance --; 4.; Skipping King: Uses and Abuses of Perks, Pay, and Privilege --; 5.; Women and Power: Shakespeare's Education and Transformation --; pt. II.; All the World's a Stage: Business as Theater --; 6.; All the World's a Stage: Playing the Part --; 7.; Lend Me Your Ears: The Art of Persuasion --; pt. III.; Search Within: Integrating Values, Vision, Mission, and Strategy --; 8.; Polonius's Paradox: Choices and Consequences for Man Alone and Man in Society --; 9.; Choice and Master Deceivers of Their Age: What's Fair in Love, War, and Business --; 10.; Banish Not Your Jack Falstaff: The Value of Mavericks in Our Midst --; 11.; To Be or Not to Be: It's Up to You: Hamlet's Fatal Flaws.