The Practical Leader

AUGUST 23, 2023

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. Increasingly, therefore, the management of people is a ‘marketing job.’ ’ And in marketing one does not begin with the question, What do we want? Denise balances management and leadership very effectively.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 6, 2022

And don’t delegate purpose to marketing. McGill University management professor and author, Henry Mintzberg said, “an organization without human commitment is like a person without a soul: Skeleton, flesh, and blood may be able to consume and to excrete, but there is no life force.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Pfeffer , Goshal , Bennis , Mintzberg , Adler , Khurana , Starkey , Podolny , to name a few. In short, business school courses serve as rites of passage — shaping the values, commitments, habits and mores of aspiring leaders. Not only in marketing rhetoric but also in educational practice. Let me be clear. How skillfully?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Invariably, they offer tantalizing stories of commitment, perseverance, and the sweet joy of winning. Although there is nothing wrong with commitment and perseverance, I, however, think sport (much less war) is often an unhelpful analogy. Good management is not like a competitive sport. ” Research backs this up.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

As famous management professor Henry Mintzberg has described, much of strategy is “ emergent.” Companies often engage in new activities – customers, markets, products, and business models – serendipitously, in response to external events and lucky breaks. Stuff happens.

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