Summary analysis

Great management is vitally important. It can create the conditions for productivity, well-being and purposeful engagement, or it can contribute to disenchantment, attrition and aimlessness.at the office. The quality of management often determines whether we'll achieve the goals we set for ourselves, as workers and leaders, and the collective goals of our organizations.

As we've seen in the essays, talks, activities and related resources included in Leading Wisely, management theory and practice is shaped by society and culture. If we look at its evolution since the early 20th century, we can see how management has expanded beyond its initial concern with controlling production to take in broader and broader challenges.

Now and in the foreseeable future, businesses will need to navigate an increasingly globalized network of partners, competitors, customers and employees who are operating in both physical and virtual spaces. Management will become increasingly complex, and the wisdom that leaders can apply to those complex tasks will be an increasingly valuable commodity.