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B. The Special Role of Leadership
“Managerial Malpractice”
—defined as maintaining and using
managers who are unqualified, poorly trained, misguided, or inadequately prepared.
—Source:
Stop Managing, Start Coaching!
by Jerry W. Gilley and Nathaniel W. Goughton,
Training & Development,
August 1996.
Let’s put an end to managerial malpractice. Instead, let’s take the initiative and be leaders in our
personal and organizational lives. Leadership is a contemplative art, requiring lifelong learning,
application, feedback, and more learning. Every single organization should have a strategic
leadership ...