I saw Tom Peters speak recently – yes, Tom Peters the uber-guru – and he said that the greatest influence on his thinking about the role of managers in organizations has been Professor Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University. He is the author of numerous books including Managers not MBAs and most recently Managing, and  has won prizes from the Harvard Business Review for the quality of his articles.  He’s also the man behind the IMPM: The International Masters in Practicing Management, an alternative take on the MBA, and the founder of CoachingOurselves.com, a company helping managers tap into their own wisdom.

In this interview we discuss:

• How ego trips might be the biggest barrier to Great Work flourishing in organizations
• The difference between networks and communities – and why we need to focus more on the latter
• The inescapable conundrums of managing
• And why we should abandon the term ‘leadership’

You can learn more about Henry at his website

Listen to my interview with Henry Mintzberg

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