HOW SHOULD WE ACT AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY? A comparison between Nicollo MAchiavelli's theories for leadership and those of the Catholic Church

Nicolo Machiavelli and the Roman Catholic Church hold varying beliefs on what it is to be a leaded in our community. The most pronounced difference between the two theories for leadership is that the Church's central idea of a leader is "what a leader does is what a leader is". This is contradictory to Machiavellian principle which suggests that a leader must learn to deceive, lie and even act against one's own morality to achieve …

…people, and they must be either pampered or destroyed depending on which one they are. Nicolo Machiavelli focuses his ideas on human leadership on the achievement of power and success in the leadership role, while the Catholic Church holds a different opinion of what it is to be a leader. They focus more on the good guidance and humble spirit the leader shares with their followers and the success of the community as a whole.