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How to Act Quickly Without Sacrificing Critical Thinking

Harvard Business Review

Chris Argyris, the influential MIT professor and organizational thinker, showed how routine behaviors like this can become accepted norms when we fail to recognize and challenge ourselves to address them. The busier he got, the more he slipped into tactical mode, in order to get things checked off his to-do list as quickly as possible.

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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

Reverse mentoring — in which younger staff members share their knowledge of new technology with a more established staff member — can also be effective. Focus on the Self The final three principles are aimed at the potential strategic leaders themselves — these tactics can help them prepare for their personal evolution.