Art, Balance, and Leadership: Management Zingers #10

Do you see the art in leadership?

by David Zinger

Click here to read Don Fredericksen wrote about the art of balance, the art of leadership. Don states, in leadership, balance is critical, but balance is hard. Balance is an art, perhaps art aids balance.

Don provides a good summary of Nancy Adler’s work on art and leadership: As the business environment more frequently calls upon managers to respond to unpredicted and unpredictable threats and opportunities, the ability to improvise increasingly determines organizations’ effectiveness. “Managers and management students don’t understand how to create on cue, how to innovate reliably on a deadline. . . . artists are much better at this.

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