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Leading Paradoxically. EBF 30 PDF
Leading Paradoxically. EBF 30 PDF
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Leading Paradoxically
Modern
leadership
requires the
ability to
manage
things that
appear at
odds, but in
fact are not.
Illustrations:
Robert Hunter
to delegate responsibility.
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In Brief
leadership requires
was created.
to be contradictory
apparent contradictions.
a question of either/or.
important. Customer-centricity, on
to a creative solution.
to the organisation.
Creative framing
Balancing the
organisational context
to be served.
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Customer-centricity initiatives
cross-functional business
as well as execution.
energy on cross-functional
assembly plants.
product design.
responsibilities.
on processes.
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(1) Ensuring
the future
Creativity
(2) Boomerang
Discipline
(4) Minefield
> Wheel reinvented every time resources
spent on administration
> Priority-setting defaulted to most vocal managers
The leaders
of great
firms must
embrace the
genius of
the and
rather than
rely on
the tyranny
of the or
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Thought leadership
organisation to do likewise.
enlightened self-interest.
of purified water;
we have highlighted
distributed medical
four approaches
supplies throughout
to dealing with
Atlanta-based
package delivery
company, shipped up
Conclusion
In this brief article,
on an organisation. Paradoxically,
they should rarely use that power.
The most lasting changes will come
a strategist, helping to
References
Chakravarthy, B (1997) A New Strategy Framework for Coping with Turbulence,
Sloan Management Review 38 (2).
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