What if Dante was alive today? What might he write about the business world?

1. DANTE’S INFERNO
FOR THE BUSINESS
WORLD
The nine rings of business
hell

2. For those of us
in business,
there’s a hope
and a belief
that, one day,
there will be
justice for
wrongs done in
the workplace.
IF DANTE ALIGHIERI WAS ALIVE TODAY, WHAT
MIGHT HE WRITE OF THE SINS OF BUSINESS?

3. The Offenders
I. Managers who retained incompetent team
members
II. Team members who intentionally damaged
morale
III. Those who sold what could not be delivered
IV. Consultants who caused more problems than
they solved
V. Those who blamed others
VI. Leaders who perpetuated negative
mythologies of others
VII.Those who promoted friends and demoted

4. And in Italian:
I.
I manager che hanno mantenuto membri del
team incompetenti
II. I membri del team che intenzionalmente hanno
danneggiato il morale
III. Coloro che hanno venduto ciò che non poteva
essere distribuito
IV. Consulenti che hanno causato più problemi di
quanti ne abbiano risolti
V. Coloro che hanno dato la colpa ad altri
VI. I leader che hanno perpetuato mitologie
negative degli altri
VII.Coloro che hanno promosso gli amici e
retrocesso i nemici
VIII.Coloro che non si sono presi la responsabilità
delle proprie azioni
IX. Coloro che hanno estorto, imbrogliato, mentito

5. The nine rings of business
hell
I nove gironi dell’inferno

6. I manager che hanno mantenuto
membri del team incompetenti
Managers who
retained the
incompetent
THE FIRST RING
They shall forever
wander through
swamps of
mediocrity, with the
neverending voices
of their best people
crying “What about
us? What about

7. I membri del team che
intenzionalmente hanno
danneggiato il morale
Team members
who intentionally
damaged morale
THE SECOND RING
They shall be on the
outside looking in.

8. Coloro che hanno venduto ciò che
non poteva essere distribuito
Those who
sold what
could not be
delivered
THE THIRD RING
They shall forever
be presented with
half of everything.

9. Consulenti che hanno causato
più problemi di quanti ne abbiano
risolti
Consultants who caused
more problems than
they solved
THE FOURTH RING
They shall forever
wander through fields of
the fires they started but
never put out.

10. Coloro che hanno dato la colpa
ad altri
Those who
blamed
others
THE FIFTH RING
The sound of
their own voice
will echo their
failures.

11. I leader che hanno perpetuato
mitologie negative degli altri
Leaders who
perpetuated
negative
mythologies of
others
THE SIXTH RING
They shall work for
those they
denounced. Until
retirement. And

12. Coloro che hanno promosso gli amici
e retrocesso i nemici
Those who
promoted friends
and demoted
enemies
THE SEVENTH RING
Their friends shall
abandon them and their
enemies will be
promoted.

13. Coloro che non si sono presi la
responsabilità delle proprie azioni
Those who
remained
unaccountable
for their
actions
THE EIGHTH RING
They shall be
audited throughout
eternity.

14. Coloro che hanno estorto,
imbrogliato, mentito e rubato
Those who
extorted,
cheated, lied and
stole
THE NINTH RING
They will be
exposed for who
they are.

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