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THE CRAFT OF POWER
THE
CR
T
OFPOWER
R.GH.SIU
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New York 19841 A Cok-Berens Book
PREFACE
This book is directed primarily to executives seeking to expand their
personal power. It is not a discourse with managers about the art of
leadership but an exposition for aspirants to power about the underly-
ing craft. To be sure, there is much in common between the two groups.
But persons of power are driven by ulterior motives completely differ-
ent from those of conventional executives. The strategies and tactics of
the former go far beyond the usual competencies of the latter.
Immediate application for most of what is presented can be found
by those who have built at least a moderate base of followers and
legitimated authority. A word of caution should be offered, however,
for those who have not yet crossed this threshold: "Diligently observe
the
arts
of the masters, so that you will be effectively facile with them
should the time come in your future career. Meanwhile, be patiently
prudent as you rise in the formal and informal hierarchy through
nonthreatening visibility and contributions to the powers-that-be. Do
not try to fly higher than fitly fledged. There is nothing more fatal for a
fledgling than being swooped upon by an angry hawk. Reminders will
be inserted throughout this book in the form of adjustments suitable
for your own particular station in the sting and tang of competition."
Finally, to readers who have eschewed the path of power and find the
contents unsettling, we would nonetheless recommend a clear view of
the reality, which they seek to transcend. Empathy always comes
easier with understanding, and efforts toward the ideal become more
practically productive.
Here, then, are a power posture and operational specifics that have
worked from the days of
Genesis
and
I Ching
to
The Prince
and
The
New York Times.
An armamentarium for great power. Straight. Un-
varnished. To be diluted and painted by the reader as suits his or her
own purposes.
R.
G.H.Sru
Washington, D. C.
August 1978

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