If Your Friend Befriends Your Enemy, Beware of Them Both

In family business governance, personal relationships frequently overlap with commercial strategy. The proverb, “If you see your friend with your enemy, realize that both are your enemies”, captures the essence of political realism popularized by Niccolò Machiavelli in his masterpiece, The Prince (Il Principe). While Machiavelli wrote for sixteenth-century rulers, his insights on power dynamics, […]