What You Need to Do to Think and Act Strategically
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The following is a short book preview contributed by the Ohio State University Leadership Center.
Lead Your Boss:
The Subtle Art of Managing UpFrom:
John Baldoni
New York: AMACOM (2010)To think and act strategically, you need to:
- Think critically (and strategically).
- Challenge the status quo.
- Reframe the opportunities.
- Hit singles (the home runs will come).
- Continue to challenge convention.
- Get out of your cubicle.
- Turn information into knowledge.
- Deal with ambiguity.
- Learn to act on what you don’t know.
- Find comfort in uncertainty (Baldoni, p. 52-53).
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