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In this hypercompetitive economy, the old rules for managing just don't cut it. What counts now is innovative thinking—at a time when bosses are being critiqued more than ever before. Ideas matter. These New Thinkers are leading industries in whole new directions. The most famous of these New Thinkers have already created iconic New Economy businesses—eBay and AOL—and now they've begun innovative second acts. These New Thinkers are part of the first generation raised in an era in which leadership has been taught as an academic discipline. From executive coaches to MBA courses to acres of shelves in libraries, there's nearly as much advice today on how to improve your leadership skills as your sex life. But all this advice raises a question: has the burgeoning be-a-better-boss industry actually produced ... better leaders? The answer is yes, to a degree. First, the increased attention on bosses' people skills has led to less tolerance(by boards, shareholders and employees)for bad leadership than in the past. Second, managers are proving more able to jump between industries today. Another factor: while in the past aspiring leaders mostly tried to emulate good managers, today there's newfound interest in learning from managerial train wrecks, like Howell Raines at The New York Times. And as power has flowed downward in organizations—driven not just by benevolent bosses, but also by technology like blogs that make organizations more transparent—the pressure on leaders to act appropriately will only grow. Among younger workers, there's also more recognition that leadership isn't simply a function of job title. When today's young people name the leaders they admire, they list people like Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey and the founders of Google—rarely does a Fortune 500 boss show up(and politicians are even rarer). People in their 20s and 30s were raised in a time of wider options. Many realize that today the best way to become a leader isn't to spend 20 years slogging upward at a corporate behemoth—it's to strike out and start your own gig, which you'll lead from day one. You can make an argument that society's focus on leadership is over-blown: in truth, no matter how ambitious we are, most of us spend more of our lives as followers than leaders. But as business gets more complicated and workdays grow ever longer, bosses will have little choice but to delegate more and micromanage less. In today's world, like it or not, you may be a leader sooner than you expect.
单选题11.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that act one was______.