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Part I: The Truth About Assuming a Leadership Position

1. More Responsible Roles Require More Mental "Bandwidth"Elliot Jaques, an influential thinker about organizations, leadership, and management (and formulator of the term mid-life crisis!), writes excellently on strategic thinking. Jaques makes it clear that the real key to success is not the number of people or pennies, but your cognitive capability. Jaques, Elliot and Clement, Stephen D., Executive Leadership: A Practical Guide to Managing Complexity, Cason Hall & Co Pub, 1991, is one of his more accessible works and had a powerful impact upon U.S. Army leadership. More theoretical, but worth the effort, is his classic work Jaques, Elliot, Requisite Organization: ...

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