The Executive
J. L. Hart
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
The Executive: Power, Strategy, and Control in the 21st Century
In a world ruled by algorithms, attention, and ambition, the battlefield of power has shifted—but the game remains the same.
The Executive is a bold, modern playbook for those who seek to rise, rule, and endure. Blending Machiavellian realism with corporate strategy and digital-age insight, this book dissects how power is acquired, maintained, adapted, and immortalized in an era of rapid change. From boardroom coups and media manipulation to soft power, surveillance, and the myth of legacy, The Executive reveals the true mechanics behind influence—and how to wield them.
This is not a book about being good. It is a book about being effective.
Across four parts—Acquisition, Control, Adaptation, and Legacy—you’ll explore:
Founding power like a startup, or seizing it like a hostile takeover
Fear, optics, and algorithms as tools of control
Crisis as opportunity—and ruthlessness as virtue
Reinvention as survival, and silence as strategy
Immortality through branding, systems, and successors
Whether you're a CEO, political operative, startup founder, or ambitious strategist, this is your field manual for modern leadership. Those who understand it will shape the future. Those who don’t will be shaped by it.
Read it to win. Or risk being ruled by someone who has.
Duration - 2h 42m.
Author - J. L. Hart.
Narrator - Digital Voice Maxwell G.
Published Date - Friday, 10 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Pickle Publishing ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The Executive: Power, Strategy, and Control in the 21st Century In a world ruled by algorithms, attention, and ambition, the battlefield of power has shifted—but the game remains the same. The Executive is a bold, modern playbook for those who seek to rise, rule, and endure. Blending Machiavellian realism with corporate strategy and digital-age insight, this book dissects how power is acquired, maintained, adapted, and immortalized in an era of rapid change. From boardroom coups and media manipulation to soft power, surveillance, and the myth of legacy, The Executive reveals the true mechanics behind influence—and how to wield them. This is not a book about being good. It is a book about being effective. Across four parts—Acquisition, Control, Adaptation, and Legacy—you’ll explore: Founding power like a startup, or seizing it like a hostile takeover Fear, optics, and algorithms as tools of control Crisis as opportunity—and ruthlessness as virtue Reinvention as survival, and silence as strategy Immortality through branding, systems, and successors Whether you're a CEO, political operative, startup founder, or ambitious strategist, this is your field manual for modern leadership. Those who understand it will shape the future. Those who don’t will be shaped by it. Read it to win. Or risk being ruled by someone who has. Duration - 2h 42m. Author - J. L. Hart. Narrator - Digital Voice Maxwell G. Published Date - Friday, 10 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Pickle Publishing ©.
Language:
English
Title Page
Duration:00:00:12
Preface: Why This Book Now
Duration:00:06:45
PART I: ACQUISITION – HOW POWER IS WON
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 1: The Startup State – Founding Power in the Modern World
Duration:00:09:16
Chapter 2: The Corporate Coup – Acquiring an Existing Power Structure
Duration:00:09:39
Chapter 3: Acquiring Influence Without Ownership
Duration:00:08:17
Chapter 4: Stakeholders and Subordinates – Modern Nobles and Commoners
Duration:00:09:39
PART II: CONTROL – HOW POWER IS KEPT
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 5: Fear, Love, and the Levers of Loyalty
Duration:00:09:35
Chapter 6: The Algorithm and the Sword
Duration:00:09:01
Chapter 7: Crisis as Opportunity
Duration:00:08:57
Chapter 8: The Performance of Power – Optics Over Substance
Duration:00:09:25
Chapter 9: Law, Loopholes, and the Illusion of Justice
Duration:00:07:21
Chapter 10: Enemies, Scapegoats, and Useful Villains
Duration:00:09:21
PART III: ADAPTATION – HOW POWER EVOLVES
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 11: The Virtue of Ruthlessness
Duration:00:08:52
Chapter 12: Fortune and the Speed of Reaction
Duration:00:08:45
Chapter 13: Reinvention – Staying in Power by Becoming Someone New
Duration:00:09:07
Chapter 14: Delegation and Distance – Leading Without Getting Blood on Your Hands
Duration:00:10:16
PART IV: LEGACY – HOW POWER ENDURES
Duration:00:00:04
Chapter 15: Branding the Legacy – Immortality Through Image
Duration:00:09:31
Chapter 16: The Digital Tomb – When to Step Down, When to Disappear
Duration:00:09:45
Epilogue: The New Machiavellians
Duration:00:08:34