It used to be when managers had new and challenging situations they needed resolve that they’d read expert information and discuss it with friends/colleagues; then they’d think about what they’d read/heard and synthesize the input, tweaking it so it would fit their MAP and the situation perfectly and, in doing so, it became an approach that they truly owned.

Best, management skills evolved, both personally and on a wider front as they shared their solutions with other managers, who also thought about it, adding and subtracting based on their situation, experience and MAP.

Rarely did managers use the whole cloth from just one source, but, unfortunately, I find that happening more often these days.

Granted, the demands on managers’ time are greater than ever, but this trend seems to be based more in a belief that most, if not all, solutions are available on the Net if one searches long enough and because too many managers seem to feel that if a solution is a better-than-50% fit, it can be used as is.

Of course, that’s often better than the “do first, think later” school of management.

But the way to become a great manager is to mull, accept, reject, evolve and even change your MAP as you digest and apply the information around you.

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