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Millennials Speak! 5 Future Leadership “Must Haves”

Marshall Goldsmith

It means that leaders will need to do the following: a) Understand how the intelligent use of new technology can help their organizations; b) Recruit, develop, and maintain a network of technically competent people; c) Know how to make and manage investments in new technology; and. Building Partnerships. It is a world of “co-opitition.”

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Rethinking the Work of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

In 1973, Peter Drucker stated in his book Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, "Management is not culture-free, that is, part of the world of nature. What if our approach to leadership was to evolve into Drucker''s vision of "socially accountable and culturally embedded" management?

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Leadership in Liminal Times

Harvard Business Review

They must manage to both craft the new world with smart strategy, often in the wake of disruption, and cause the organization to embrace the required change. Today, managers add value by brokering with people, not by presiding over empires.”. In this gap between ordered worlds almost anything may happen.”. Lawrence A. billion to $11.7

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Basecamp’s Strategy Offers a Useful Reminder: Less Is More

Harvard Business Review

They will now be a “one product company” focused on Basecamp, its popular project management software. In the 1950’s, Peter Drucker emphasized that business strategy needs to include “purposeful abandonment,” i.e. deciding what not to do. “Refocusing” might be an understatement.