Aside from the murdering and the dictatoring and the sending his stepson to be executed and speechifying, Claudius isn’t a terrible leader.
Here, he asks the opinion of his advisor – something that many a modern leader fails to do.
Very few things drive me crazier than shoddy leadership. This makes me particularly nervous when I’m leading myself – as I fear nothing so greatly as making the same awful mistakes the leaders I’ve known have.
I do think Claudius might actually have some decent kinging skills in his way. He makes some giant mistakes. But don’t we all?
(not the murdering part, obviously.)