When Does a Lie Become a Weapon? Leadership and Othello (ep 251)
About this episode
The episode explores the theme of lies as weapons in leadership through the lens of Shakespeare's plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing.
Shakespeare's plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing start with the same storyline: someone tells a lie about a relationship that threatens an entire community. But when does the lie become a weapon? When someone chooses to believe it. True leaders must push back against lies, even when it's risky and unpopular. Carol Ann Lloyd TEDx talk: 3 Leadership Secrets from Shakespeare @shakeuphistory https://carolannlloyd.com/ https://patreon.com/carolannlloyd https://bookshop.org/shop/carolann ...
People in this episode
Host: Carol Ann Lloyd
Topics covered
- leadership
- Shakespeare
- lies
- community
- truth
- risk
Keywords
- leadership
- Othello
- Much Ado About Nothing
- lies
- truth
- community
- Shakespeare
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Othello, Much Ado About Nothing
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