Restructuring of the Leadership Contract in the Agentic Era
From my associate Grant Tate. Leadership has always resisted a clean definition. That’s not a failure of management science. It’s a feature. What philosopher W.B. Gallie called an “essentially contested concept” — one that generates genuine, irresolvable disputes — turns out to be exactly what leadership needs to be. A fixed definition would freeze it. […]
Emotions Are a Leadership Asset but a Management Liability?
Really? Yep. For certain aspects of a business, managing using emotions can be detrimental compared with a more disciplined approach. Regarding business decisions related to the overall vision, mission, and goals, relying on data, facts, logic, reasoning, and experience can be a sound way to go. Facts, metrics, and data can be illuminating as they […]