Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Welcome, Engaging Management Henry Mintzberg. Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. Bedtime Stories for Managers : Farewell, Lofty Leadership. Aaron Dignan.

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Mintzberg Books Leadership Blanchard 282

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

According to McGill’s Henry Mintzberg , it’s just another influencing process along with norms, formal authority and expertise. Thus it’s important for leaders to understand the forms it can take and how to use it for the well-being of the organization. However, the reality is that politics is normal.

Politics 14

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Political know-how becomes important — and those who fail to develop such skills are often the ones who get left behind. Moderately political organizations also operate largely on widely understood, formally sanctioned rules. Achieving a high level of political expertise is not easy — nor is maintaining it.

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Politics Mintzberg Learning-by-Doing Organization 8