Purposeful cooperative leadership in competitive intelligence

In competitive intelligence and research, many of us don't have any reporting people and report into another functional area of the company such as Sales, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Product Development or Research & Development. Often enough, they aren't quite sure what to do with us. Cooperative and purposeful leadership skills are all the more essential when you rely on other people to give you great information or intelligence who don't report to you, and your boss perhaps views you as an outlier since competitive intelligence doesn't quite fit into anyone's area. (blog) Ellen Naylor, "Purposeful cooperative leadership in competitive intelligence," January 15, 2010

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