British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
May 27, 2026 · 27 min · 11 segments
In this episode of the Royals, Rebels, and Romantics Leadership Series, Carol Ann examines Shakespeare's King Lear as a cautionary tale. Instead of behaving as a leader, Lear behaves as a bully…
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King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, often is looked to in terms of what leadership lessons are there because it's the antithesis of leadership that Shakespeare gives us in King Lear.
It's a fascinating story, and it really points out that the person who is insisting on being the center of attention, who is demanding that everybody, "Look at me, look at me, follow me, listen to me, say what I want you to say," in fact is not the leader, and the louder he shouts, the fewer and fewer people take him seriously.
So I wanna talk a little bit about this story of King Lear and some of the things that Shakespeare gives us and what we can learn from them.
King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, often is looked to in terms of what leadership lessons are there because it's the antithesis of leadership that Shakespeare gives us in King Lear.
It's a fascinating story, and it really points out that the person who is insisting on being the center of attention, who is demanding that everybody, "Look at me, look at me, follow me, listen to me, say what I want you to say," in fact is not the leader, and the louder he shouts, the fewer and fewer people take him seriously.
So I wanna talk a little bit about this story of King Lear and some of the things that Shakespeare gives us and what we can learn from them.
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