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The 4 Types of Organizational Politics

Harvard Business Review

Streiff’s drive to speed up decision-making, overcome bureaucracy, and deliver rapid execution, exposed historic and deep divisions between executives at the consortium. According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. The High Ground.

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5 Strategy Questions Every Leader Should Make Time For

Harvard Business Review

As famous management professor Henry Mintzberg has described, much of strategy is “ emergent.” When he went back to work , he slashed bureaucracy, implemented a team structure, and abandoned many company rules. Leadership is not just about doing things, it is also about thinking. Make time for it.