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THE MANAGER’S DILEMMA THREATENS us with scarcity. The unending cycle of “never enough” time, energy, resources, or focus to meet the increasing demands we face can produce a destructive competition between individuals and organizations, with managers stuck in the middle.
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The catchphrase “free agent” has been used in a variety of contexts. I believe it was first coined by the influential author and former speech writer Daniel Pink. See his A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age (New York: Riverhead Books, 2005).
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Sostrin, J. (2015). Make Your Goals Their Priorities. In: The Manager’s Dilemma. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137485809_11
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