The Godfather Podcast: The Meeting of The Five Mafia Families

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The Godfather Podcast - Episode 7: The Meeting of the Five Families

“I had hoped we could all come here and reason together.” - Don Corleone

One of my favorite scenes in The Godfather also contains some of the best leadership lessons of the Corleone’s…

Part of the Corleone Family’s incredible power and influence comes from Vito Corleone’s ability to be “reasonable.” The Don believes strongly in reason, collaboration and, when possible, cooperation. He is an eminently practical and patient man.

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The Italian’s have a saying: “Patience for a moment, comfort for years.”

Nowhere is that more apparent than at the big meeting of the Five Families. The Don arranged this “sit down” between all the warring Mafia families to seek an end to the bloodshed after his eldest son Santino is gunned down at the toll booth.

“This war ends now,” the Don tells his Consigliere, Tom Hagen.

This setting was intentional - part of Francis Ford Coppola’s attempt to make The Godfather movie a metaphor for capitalism in America. Coppola wanted to show that corporate greed was the same as criminal greed - perhaps even more so, because at least the Mafia had a code of loyalty and honor.

The scene was shot in the board room of the Penn Central Railroad above Grand Central Station in NYC. The exterior shots were filmed at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Very corporate indeed!

Again, Coppola’s subtext here is that the Mafia is just another business - like any powerful American corporation.

But back to the scene where the five families come together to discuss a truce. Let’s watch the scene and observe how Don Vito Corleone calmly and modestly appeals to reason…

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In the novel, Mario Puzo goes even further in this scene, emphasizing the Don’s use of “irresistible reason.” Puzo’s novel reads, quote:

“Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a man of reasonableness. He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible.”

And it’s this calm, reasonable, measured demeanor that cement the Don’s power and influence. He was never rash. He never raised his voice. He never acted impulsively. (Unlike Sonny!)

There was never any ranting and raving from Vito Corleone or, for that matter, Micheal - who likewise never showed his anger. Both father and son were even-tempered, but showed a quiet force and resolve.

In the Godfather novel, The Godfather teaches to “never hate your enemies, because it clouds your judgement.” In fact, Michael says this to his nephew Vincent (played by Andy Garcia) in Godfather Part 3.

Better to remain rational and unemotional. Again, as Michael says in The Godfather Part 2, his father taught him to “try to think as the people around you think.”

Here’s where we, as business owners, can learn from The Godfather: Using an even handed, rational and reasonable approach is simply good business.
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