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Being the Agile Boss
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Being the Agile Boss

Leading through radical uncertainty means helping your team and your network create the future with you.

Linda A. Hill
MIT Sloan Management Review, 2020
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For those leaders who view agile management as a list of practices, it won’t work during turbulent times. Only if you understand its underlying principles and values will it help you ride that uncertainty. In this insightful article for MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard business administration professor Linda A. Hill describes how agile leaders thrive in an environment of ambiguity.

Take-Aways

  • During times of deep uncertainty, agility means leveraging the turbulence.
  • Manage your team by building purpose and facilitating learning.
  • Manage your internal and external networks by focusing on learning and building influence.

About the Author

Linda A. Hill teaches business administration at Harvard Business School and serves as faculty chair of Harvard Business School’s Leadership Initiative. 

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