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Intolerance for the beliefs of others is quite common among many senior executives. One reason for this is the fact that the attributes associated with strong management skills, such as resoluteness and decisiveness, tend to be found among people who have spent much of their careers cultivating strongly-held convictions. The danger in holding such deeply-felt convictions is that it often leads to a rigidity of manner and thought, which if left unchecked, tends to foster the development of highly intolerant viewpoints. Executives need to examine their management styles to assess whether they have unconsciously allowed their lack of tolerance to cloud their judgement. This is particularly important as most contemporary business organizations require managers to have effective communication skills that enable them to effectively influence an increasingly diverse workforce.
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Business and scientific literature have highlighted the advantages as intuition, which can be defined as immediate insight, that is, reaching a conclusion without utilizing analysis and deduction. Although intuition increasingly is being turned to in management, such as in the controlled exercise of brainstorming, it remains outside the mainstream of business because intuition is difficult to convey to those who haven't experienced it. In addition, intuitive processes lack a trail of facts, and the quality of intuition can only be ascertained after an event. It is rare to find an intuitive person in power since business still places a premium on analysis and deduction and because intuitive people: are often difficult to manage; do not fit the mold of corporate orthodoxy; and have trouble communicating with others.
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Managerial relationships are being drastically changed by the structural minimalism strategies that have become the norm in the current economic downturn. An intangible consequence of downsizing and de-layering could be the loss of the informal machinery for developing managerial skills among young executives. It is a well-known fact that most managers develop through time and are molded by the examples provided by senior management mentors. This process has been severely undermined by the emphasis on results-oriented management that downplays the importance of the human element in management.
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