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Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)
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Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)

by Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky
September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
649 pages
17h 1m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items)
170 Mobilize the System
ON THE BALCONY
At what level in your organization do people begin to feel and act as
if they are valued more for their judgment than for their technical
expertise?
ON THE PRACTICE FIELD
Most people dislike ambiguity and gravitate toward clarity, pre-
dictability, and certainty. And this can manifest itself in a premature
push for closure on an adaptive challenge, rushing to a solution
before the diagnosis is complete. You can help people strengthen
their tolerance for ambiguity by watching for signs of a premature
push for closure, for example, complaining about not moving to
action, jumping over basic diagnostic questions to ...
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