Narcissus or Machiavelli?: Learning Leadership from Indian Prime Ministers

By Nishant Uppal

This book is about leadership and its strategies. Drawing on Indian prtime ministers since Independence, it traces personality traits and leadership skills that have shaped many futures. It examines a range of leadership profiles to study dominant traits in one of the most demanding leadership roles in the world. The volume focuses on Machiavellianism and narcissim as a framework to policy-personality connections and demagogic tendencies in leaders in politics and in everyday life.

Accessible, engaging, and provocative, this book will be essential reading for professionals across industries and corporations. The general reader interested in leadership studies and Indian politics will also find this book useful.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367469510
• ISBN13: 9780367469511
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 216 Pages