Abstract
Somewhere along the line, managing others became much more difficult. There are many reasons. We keep running into four in particular:
No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other’s consent
Abraham Lincoln
Leaders must devote as much of their time looking backward to make sure that the people continue to follow, as looking forward to find where they should go
Theodore White
My MBA taught me a great deal, but I still had lots to learn when it came to managing my current team
Executive Leadership Group participant
My job’s like the trenches in the First World War. I’m happy if I can get to the end of the day without being shot at
Director
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McNulty, T., Marks, R. (2016). Introduction. In: Management by Permission. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25247-6_1
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