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Bedtime Stories for Managers
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Bedtime Stories for Managers

Farewell, Lofty Leadership . . . Welcome, Engaging Management

Henry Mintzberg
Berrett-Koehler, 2019

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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

  • Engaging
  • Insider's Take
  • Inspiring

Recommendation

Compiling his most pithy and vehement blog posts, Henry Mintzberg – professor of management studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management at Montreal’s McGill University – warns you “not to be outraged by anything you read because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best.” Using similes such as “boards as bees,” Mintzberg buzzes among topics, sometimes ranting, sometimes imparting his wisdom as a management authority. His subjects include using metrics responsibly, educating managers and building your company without selling your soul. 

Take-Aways

  • Managers need to step down from the podium and into the orchestra.
  • Strategies should emerge organically, like “weeds in a garden.”
  • A cow is not a chart, and neither is your organization.

About the Author

Henry Mintzberg is professor of management studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. His books include Managing the Myths of Health Care: Bridging the Separations between Care, Cure, Control and Community and Simply Managing: What Managers Do – and Can Do Better.

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