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Balancing Perseverance with Agility

July 25, 2018 | MIT Sloan Management Review | Strategy

Today’s leaders need to be able to adapt and stay focused in the age of uncertainly. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the need for continual reinvention, the ways to tap creativity strategically, and the fact that to grow as executives, people sometimes have to manage their strongest tendencies.

Articles included with this collection:

The Discipline of Creativity by Joseph V. Sinfield, Tim Gustafson and Brian Hindo

How to Become a Better Leader by Ginka Toegel and Jean-Louis Barsoux

Leading in an Unpredictable World by Pierre Nanterme (Accenture), interviewed by Paul Michelman

Creating Management Processes Built for Change by Christopher G. Worley, Thomas Williams, and Edward E. Lawler III

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