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The Tudor Guide to Office Politics | Classics with Juliet Corbett
What if the key to surviving cutthroat office politics was mastered in 1536? Juliet Corbett joins me to discuss Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall + Bring Up the Bodies - and the business lessons from Thomas Cromwell's rise at Henry VIII's court. We discuss how Cromwell mastered managing up to volatile leaders, why his network crossed every level of hierarchy + why mentors are meant to be outgrown. Plus, why checking your sources matters + how training people who leave still benefits you. Look for more Classics episodes where we take stories that definitely aren't business books + treat them as…
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