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Women in the Workplace Can Learn from Machiavelli
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Women in the Workplace Can Learn from Machiavelli

Stacey Vanek Smith, Nora Ali and Bruce Shapiro
Morning Brew, 2021
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Fully 500 years ago, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince – a manual of functional duplicity for interpersonal power dynamics and political intrigue. In her update of his advice, Stacey Vanek Smith demonstrates that Machiavelli’s rules for ambitious men work surprisingly well for women in the modern workplace. Nora Ali and Bruce Shapiro interview Smith on Morning Brew’s Business Casual podcast about the timelessness and hard-boiled practicality of Machiavelli’s advice for women navigating today’s corporate politics.

Take-Aways

  • Machiavelli wrote The Prince in the 16th century as a manual for princes who wanted to seize and maintain power.
  • Machiavelli offers strategies women can adapt to navigate the gender double standard of the modern workplace.
  • Carefully review the demographic dynamics of any potential new employer.

About the Podcast

Stacey Vanek Smith is the co-host of  National Public Radio's The Indicator from Planet Money. Nora Ali and Bruce Shapiro host the Business Casual podcast for Morning Brew.

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