Ask HN: Leaders, Would you rather be Loved or Feared?
When I was younger, I read a &quot;The Prince&quot; by Niccolo Macchiavelli where he said it was better for leaders to be feared rather than loved. In a perfect world, a leader can be both - but that is rarely the case and one has to choose.<p>If you have achieved both, I&#x27;d love to know how you did this. If you chose &quot;loved&quot;, I want to know how you managed to still optimized for results. If you chose &quot;feared&quot;, I wonder what you do to sleep at night (just kidding XD - for real though, I wonder how you keep the team spirit alive or team engagement levels up).