Niccolò Machiavelli left us an invaluable legacy on managing large social systems, which to this day is more relevant, more informative and more useful than most modern books on management. Many people know about Machiavelli and his works only by hearsay; amateurs present him as an apologist for deceit and cynicism. In this book, Vladimir Tarasov, author of the best-selling books “Technology of Life. A Book for Heroes" and "The Art of Management Struggle", talks about management techniques and principles of Machiavelli, adapting them to modern business conditions. He examines in detail more than two hundred management techniques, including:► Ideological and political methods of managing a modern company: why a leader is praised and blamed, loved and hated, feared and ignored, respected and despised.► How to use alliances and outsourcing, allied and hired “troops”.► Love and fear as basic management mechanisms, how the ethics of the first leader differs from the ethics of the company’s employees.► Technologies for applying harsh and unpopular measures, a strategy for showing the necessary cruelty, beneficence and generosity.► Prevention and detection of conspiracies and conspiracies, combating negative leaders, using rumors and fighting them.