Leading Improvisation: Lessons from the American Revolution

Leading Improvisation: Lessons from the American Revolution

This article looks at the history of the American Revolution and the birth of America to extract valuable lessons for today's top managers interested in improving their ability to lead improvisation in their firms. The combination of the five lessons presented in this paper provides a unified m...

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Published in:Organizational dynamics Vol. 36; no. 3; p. 303
Main Authors: Dusya Vera, Rodriguez-Lopez, Antonio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Elsevier Science Ltd 01-01-2007
Subjects:
American Revolution
History
Improvisation
Leadership
Organization development
United States > US
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Summary:This article looks at the history of the American Revolution and the birth of America to extract valuable lessons for today's top managers interested in improving their ability to lead improvisation in their firms. The combination of the five lessons presented in this paper provides a unified message: Leading improvisation is about managing the subtle balance between flexibility and control. The five elements presented in the article can help leaders to enrich their individual leaderhsip styles and to create a context within which organizational members can take initiative and help strategies to emerge.
ISSN:0090-2616
1873-3530
DOI:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2007.04.002