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Management Team Vertigo

Symptom: Reflexive focus on operational objectives

Management team vertigo is an embarrassing discomfort, which often arises if management team swell is treated by rising too quickly to the top of a viewing tower. This syndrome is easy to explain with a down-to-earth metaphor. If a man is used to working on the ground, a rapid transition to the heights will easily cause a feeling of dizziness. He will cling automatically to the nearest support. For a member of management team this means the following: If you are used to working on an operational basis, a rapid transition to strategic level will cause uncertainty, and so, at meetings, you quickly grab onto your own unit's operational issues. However, ...

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