Is It Better to be Feared or Loved?

Mar 19, 2019 • 1 Min Read

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. – Niccolo Machiavelli

Founder and CEO of Leaderonomics, Roshan Thiran speaks to For The Win (FTW) host, Melisa Idris on this long-standing Machiavellian predicament that leaders face in their daily dealings with their teams.

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Leaders behind great organisations are people who have a great appetite to constantly want to learn and grow. We see that in the leadership cases behind Toyota and General Electric. Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics exalts the act of learning and talks about the relationship of learning and growth in effective leadership.

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