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Summary
Management/Leadership Conflicts of Leadership Good for People or Good for Business? Bengt Karlöf Karlöf Consulting, Stockholm, Sweden "How do you go about reorganizing staff when all the employees are related to the Chief Executive?" Thankfully this is not an everyday occurrence; but it is a perfect example to show the delicacy of the balance between two conflicting interests. Judge your response against these opposites. value productivity operative leadership strategic leadership continual improvement breakthrough improvement fact judgement natural growth imposed growth centralization decentralization market economy planned economy administrative culture entrepreneurial culture thought action The pressure on people to become leaders is as great now as it has ever been. Some people have the knack of keeping everyone happy; others favour a relentless focus on the bottom line. Conflicts of Leadership will not show you the key to successful leadership; but you will see its complexity and discover new dimensions. And it is as complicated as it seems. What is important is to recognize this, to approach the conflicts with humility, and to possess the energy and will to improve.
Author Notes
Bengt Karlöf is a prominent personality in the field of strategy development. He works mainly as a consultant, lecturer and writer on business development. A graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics, his background is as an executive in a range of industries, primarily steel and publishing. Through directorships and his company - Karlöf Consulting - he has been active in many small and medium-sized companies. Prior to running his own consulting businesses, Bengt Karlöf was a consultant with Indevo from 1980 until 1989. He has always approached the subject of strategy with the experience and viewpoint of the practitioner rather than taking the traditional academic approach. His ambition is to help management with fact-based advice. His firm, Karlöf Consulting, intends to remain focused as an expert consultancy firm cooperating with other larger firms. It specializes in strategic development. Amongst Bengt Karlöf's previous books are Benchmarking, Benchmarking Workbook, Strategic Precision, and Business Strategy in Practice. All have been published by John Wiley Et Sons.
Table of Contents
| Conflicts of Leadership |
| Value v. Productivity |
| Operative Leadership v. Strategic Leadership |
| Continual Improvement v. Breakthrough Improvement |
| Fact Base v. Judgment |
| Organic Growth v. Structural Growth |
| Centralization v. Decentralization |
| Market Economy v. Planned Economy |
| Business Management v. Capital Management |
| Thought v. Action |
| Good Times v. Bad Times |
| Final Conflicts and Closing Reflections |
