The Practical Leader

MARCH 8, 2023

When changes falter or organizations fail, it can usually be traced to dysfunctional management. Tactical Planning versus Strategic Capacity Building Feeling pressured to deliver immediate results, leadership teams often focus on short-term tactical issues. Mirror Images: Are They Seeing What You’re Saying?

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Development Team Short-term Teamwork 98

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

If you’re too quick to react, you can end up with short-sighted decisions or superficial solutions, neglecting underlying causes and create collateral damage in the process. For example, Jenna was a new manager struggling to adjust to the dueling pressures of delivering her own work, while keeping the team accountable for theirs.

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How To Delegation Argyris Micromanagement 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2012

I don't know a single executive who likes to be described as tactical, short-term oriented or as somebody who gets unnecessarily "in the weeds." And yet, so many solid executives present, occasionally, all these behaviors, even when the situation doesn't call for them. The answer is that it's not a conscious choice.

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Power Short-term Micromanagement Tactics 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As a new manager you can get away with holding on to work. Peers and bosses may even admire your willingness to keep “rolling up your sleeves” to execute tactical assignments. In the short term you may have the stamina to get up earlier, stay later, and out-work the demands you face.

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Delegation Short-term How To Commitment 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Bad bosses come in all shapes and sizes: abrasive and insensitive, indecisive, inconsistent and unfair, the micromanager who stifles your ability to perform and grow, and "matador managers" adept at sidestepping every tough issue that comes their way. So, the question isn't whether or not you'll have a bad boss.

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Career Micromanagement Short-term Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

When Agile software development was born in 2001, it articulated a set of four critical principles to elevate the craft of software development and improve engineering and product manager motivation. It is no wonder that the CTO of this company said, “my engineers feel like short order cooks in the back of a diner.”

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Agility Engineering Software How To 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Most organizations are packed with leaders who can’t come to terms with the idea of retirement. This pattern is commonly seen in executives with low levels of adjustment , the psychological term for being calm and even-tempered. How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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Planning Succession Short-term Long-term 8