Dealing With Machiavellians
Navigating Office Politics
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The unfortunate thing about Machiavellians is that their activities are much more subtle and hard to detect than barbarians. There's often a nagging suspicion that something is 'off', but the tendency is to give the Machiavellian the benefit of the doubt, because often there's nothing specific to point to.
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