Beheadal of Bad Leadership People always say, “all great empires fall”. As the leader of a powerful empire, it is that person's duty to keep their country striving. But once on top, you must eventually come down, and that has always been the case. There are many things to take into account when in charge. But, the criteria for good leadership is different for everyone, making it difficult to know rights from wrongs. Niccolò Machiavelli, an Italian diplomat, had very strong feelings on how a leader should act in order to succeed. In his writing, “The Prince”, he discusses, “the way in which such a prince should be educated, the moral and intellectual qualities he needed most, and how he should deal with his subjects,” (Machiavelli XXII). His
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Some writers have taken a different approach, they talk about emotional intelligence as the focal point. For example, David Goleman, a writer that studies the ways of leadership, has found this is very important. In one of his articles he says, “effective leaders are alike in one crucial way: they all have a high degree of emotional intelligence,” (Goleman “What” 94). Goleman speaks about the different components of emotional intelligence and how they contribute to successful leadership. Although both thinkers have different views, they both compare the ways in order to succeed instead of failing. In “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, Macbeth goes through many difficult situations. He has both successes and failures, but his poor decision making results in him failing more frequetly. Macbeth shows an abundance of leading traits that these writers evaluate, …show more content…
His need for power takes over his consciousness throughout the book. He feels that he needs to get rid of everyone that may possibly get in his way. When the witches give him the sayings of what his future is going to be like, he feels that he has to step in and do something to make it happen. Even though they are merely just riddles, Macbeth gets very thrilled. The witches do not explain the riddles and Macbeth wants to know the meaning, “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more,” (Shakespeare 1.3.73). Macbeth just assumes that the riddle means he has to kill everyone in order to claim their spots of power. Macbeth becomes greedy and he does not make wise decisions in the
Some writers have taken a different approach, they talk about emotional intelligence as the focal point. For example, David Goleman, a writer that studies the ways of leadership, has found this is very important. In one of his articles he says, “effective leaders are alike in one crucial way: they all have a high degree of emotional intelligence,” (Goleman “What” 94). Goleman speaks about the different components of emotional intelligence and how they contribute to successful leadership. Although both thinkers have different views, they both compare the ways in order to succeed instead of failing. In “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare, Macbeth goes through many difficult situations. He has both successes and failures, but his poor decision making results in him failing more frequetly. Macbeth shows an abundance of leading traits that these writers evaluate, …show more content…
His need for power takes over his consciousness throughout the book. He feels that he needs to get rid of everyone that may possibly get in his way. When the witches give him the sayings of what his future is going to be like, he feels that he has to step in and do something to make it happen. Even though they are merely just riddles, Macbeth gets very thrilled. The witches do not explain the riddles and Macbeth wants to know the meaning, “Stay, you imperfect speakers, tell me more,” (Shakespeare 1.3.73). Macbeth just assumes that the riddle means he has to kill everyone in order to claim their spots of power. Macbeth becomes greedy and he does not make wise decisions in the