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Management by Walking Around

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Leadership

• Foundational Lexiconbeing present
• Executive Parlanceinformal engagement
• Scholarly Discourseproximity management
• Babel ZenithMBWA

  Origin: HP/Tom Peters

  Pronunciation: /ˌɛm biː ˌdʌbəlˌjuː ˈeɪ/

Etymology & Meaning

Management through unstructured wandering and conversation.

In the Boardroom

Learning more in hallways than in meetings.

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