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The Lost Art of Thinking in Large Organizations

June 3, 2016 | Duncan Simester | Leadership

Making the transition from management to leadership requires managers to exercise skills in strategic thinking & mdash; skills they don't often get to practice in the action-oriented environment they know best. Managers moving into senior leadership must learn to embrace ambiguity and uncertainty and learn the importance of taking time to think things through.

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