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Progress: the focus of a new perspective on leadership
Weaving together original research, novel strategies and tactics, and stories of successful leaders, this book provides insight into how to become a progress-making leader. Written by an academic and a business executive, the book provides actionable ideas grounded in sound research and tested in real organizations.
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Progress Makers
Progress Makers
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don't much care where—” said Alice.
“Then it doesn't matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
—“so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you're sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
—from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Can an explorer be a progress maker? Absolutely. Can a refiner be a progress maker? Definitely. In fact, we consider many of the leaders highlighted in previous chapters, such as Pat Summitt, Steven Jobs, and Chris Fortune, to be progress makers. These leaders have augmented their instinctive explorer or refiner tendencies. In ...
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