Machiavelli speaks to leaders today

• A leader is justified when preventing chaos or disorder.
• If you cause slight injury, you will suffer consequences, if you praise then you will neutralize
• In a new responsibility, get the hard decisions implemented first, then support and facilitate gradually over time.
• Luck plays the biggest role and fortune favors the bold.
• Never compromise with or submit to unethical acts.
• Remember that no policy is without risk.  Thus, all policies carry risks.
• The leader’s main job is to protect turf from other leaders.