| Should a leader strive to be loved or
feared This question, famously posed by Machiavelli, lies at the heart of
Joseph Nye’s new book. Mr. Nye, a former dean of the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard, is best known for promoting the idea of "soft power",
based on persuasion and influences, as a counterpoint to "hard power", based on
coercion (强迫) and force. Mr. Nye has now turned his attention to the relationship between power and leadership, in both the political and business spheres. Machiavelli, he notes, concluded that "one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved." In short, hard power is preferable to soft power. But modern leadership theories have come to the opposite conclusion. The context of leadership is changing, they observe, and the histo A. he advocates that leaders should be feared B. he advocates the importance of persuasion and influence C. he was once the leader of Harvard D. he thinks that coercion should give way to persuasion [单项选择]Should a leader strive to be loved or feared This question, famously posed by Machiavelli, lies at the heart of Joseph Nye’s new book. Mr. Nye, a former dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, is best known for promoting the idea of "soft power", based on persuasion and influences, as a counterpoint to "hard power", based on coercion (强迫) and force.
Mr. Nye has now turned his attention to the relationship between power and leadership, in both the political and business spheres. Machiavelli, he notes, concluded that "one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved." In short, hard power is preferable to soft power. But modern leadership theories have come to the opposite conclusion. The context of leadership is changing, they observe, and the historical emphasis on hard power is becoming outdated. In modern companies and democracies, power is increasingly diffused and tradition A. he advocates that leaders should be feared B. he advocates the importance of persuasion and influence C. he was once the leader of Harvard D. he thinks that coercion should give way to persuasion 我来回答: 提交
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