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strategic leadership: the essential skills

reprint: r1301l the more uncertain your environment, the greater the opportunity—if you have the leadership skills to capitalize on it. research at the wharton school and at the authors’ consulting firm, involving more than 20,000 executives to date, has identified six skills that, when mastered and used in concert, allow leaders to think strategically and navigate the unknown effectively. they are the abilities to anticipate, challenge, interpret, decide, align, and learn. this article describes the six skills in detail and includes a self-assessment that will enable you to identify the ones that most need your attention. the authors have found that strength in one skill cannot easily compensate for a deficit in another. an adaptive strategic leader has learned to apply all six at once.

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