Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I was interviewing a leadership team member to prepare for an offsite planning retreat. ’ …Second, organizations often reward leaders for additions; Kudos, cash, perks, and titles are heaped on those who implement new technologies, launch initiatives, or build bigger fiefdoms. Keep units small and decentralized.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Byrne’s list of Drucker’s major accomplishments included: Introducing the idea of decentralization, a concept that became basic to every large organization in the world. However, for a long time he seemed to acknowledge its importance, but ignored the concept of leadership. Drucker Avoided Leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

While in the second year of my profession the great recession hit and had a significant impact on my area of expertise including venture capital, and private equity-backed technology companies.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Decentralization of power: increasing responsibilities for line positions and lower echelons; fewer staff levels and hierarchical levels. We are faced with meeting new and more demanding customer’s needs, keeping pace with changing technologies, mergers, transitions, globalization, etc. Developments of global network organizations.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

New forms of stimulus and incentives should be created to appeal to these technologically savvy, bright and environmentally conscious young minds. They understood the impact that a strong, adaptive corporate culture has on organizational performance, the true mark of leadership. And that would be a good thing. * * *. Eich , Ph.D.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Businesses from top global firms to main street staples are looking into a future driven by new technology capabilities. That requires a new way of thinking about people and leadership. But there’s a model of leadership that will. Above all, driving the use of these techniques depends on the stance of leadership.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Helgesen : Back when I wrote, The Web of Inclusion , I was looking at how networked technologies were upending hierarchies in organizations by decentralizing decision-making and giving people access to unprecedented information. What has changed in the years since? What matters is that you get included in moving it forward.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. Technology trends. The importance and value of leadership training and coaching came out clearly in the survey results.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

Vineet Nayar of HCL Technologies pioneered the concept of Employee first and customer second. This concept helps maximizing employee potential by encouraging trust through transparency, decentralizing decision-making and inverting the organizational hierarchy. Empowerment also fosters an environment of trust. why is everyone smiling?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

Now however, we’re in a third-generation of the learning organization, with new technologies speeding up the rate at which we can both absorb new information and test our assumptions. In a superjob, technology has not only changed the nature of the skills the job requires but has changed the nature of the work and the job itself.”

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A recurring theme in those interviews was bemoaning major changes in R&D strategy that occurred as a consequence of new, often outside, leadership. The shift in patenting policy was not to protect innovations, but rather to license them and/or to use them as chips to gain access to other firms’ technology.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

As a result, when companies are hacked, it can take days for information technology teams to isolate infected systems, remove malicious code, and restore business continuity. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction. Harm Reduction.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The rapid pace of change in business and technology means that more and more companies will find themselves being disrupted. What does digital leadership look like in this sense? Leadership is changing — fast. What’s unique about this company’s leadership? Being a CEO is harder than ever. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

To protect this vision from political pressure and regulatory interference, blockchain networks rely on a decentralized infrastructure that can’t be controlled by any one person or group. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. As it turns out, not very. Distributed Database.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

This is apparent in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is using a collaborative approach to build a national digital highway , partnering with the country’s world-class technology companies in the process. Manage people effectively through decentralized teams across organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Many of these women already held senior leadership positions in large companies. Still, the art of consensus can sometimes slow women down and diminish their leadership credibility. Over the past decade, we've interviewed over 1,700 people to find out how women can be more successful at the highest levels in leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2016

While eBay and Airbnb’s platforms rely on the internet, platforms don’t always require technology and are not necessarily a new approach. Avon’s platform is more than makeup; it’s actually a decentralized economic empowerment model for women with product flowing through the platform as the object for connection.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

America's technological superiority and unparalleled resources allowed it to obliterate the world's seventh largest army in a matter of weeks. Often driven by desperation, commanders high up in the chain of command decentralized decision-making authority down to the lowest levels. Leadership From the War Room to the Board Room.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2015

For example, when a large technology firm integrated specialized engineers into its regional sales teams, there were shifts in roles, client coverage, compensation, goal setting, and teamwork. Change management Leadership' The focus is on executing a well-defined shift in the way things work. The change affected hundreds of people.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

But this requires a new scale of leadership: system leadership. An example of system leadership can be found in the food industry, where an initiative that began with 17 food and agribusiness companies grew into a global network of 500 organizations taking action in 19 countries. Empower widespread innovation and action.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Much of Charan’s recent work has tilted towards organization and people (books on strategy execution, leadership pipeline, talent and advice on intensity, change, leadership traits, performance management, governance). As I’ve suggested before , this outside-in view of HR complements current strategic HR perspectives.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

Advances in digital technology and their use in organizations carry huge promise to empower people at all levels. One emergent use of social media is a new sort of leadership mind map, i.e., a model of the CEO’s key ideas accessible to any corner of the organization. Leadership & Managing people Technology Managing yourself'

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

Technology will allow us to push projects forward with emails, conference calls, and video conferences. A new style of leadership is emerging. In a "flat" world, we no longer think about being centralized or decentralized. Friday is a "weekend" here and Sunday is a "weekday." This last point is especially important.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology. Toward a New Leadership Agenda.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2013

Decentralized, program-focused operations also squander precious dollars. The absence of efficient financial management systems reflects comparatively low spending on information technology. Hence, the comparatively high cost of NGOs'' bookkeeping operations. For funders, this means a change in attitudes and actions.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

Most held a strong respect for authority, rooted in their early observations that those in positions of leadership were doing admirable things and warranted respect. In many cases, leadership demanded compliance, promoting risk-aversion and compliance, rather than respect.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In 2010, when MD Anderson decided to introduce time-driven activity-based costing , a method for measuring costs of treating a patient’s medical condition across a cycle of care, the ICCI provided the leadership and resources to develop the capabilities for a pilot project and then to scale the approach across the institution.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Take Apple and the work it put into building a technology platform on which hundreds of thousands of independent developers could create apps and offer them to Apple''s customers. They constitute a coherent constellation of leadership and management practices. See the chart for a more thorough list of differences.).

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

Sometimes this distancing happens gradually, and sometimes it happens quickly–soon after a bad hire, a failure of leadership, or a divisive decision/event. People will stop honoring or identifying with the organization. Cautionary tales abound. Are you and your organization working differently than others? If so, how?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

With the shift towards a more democratic work culture, management is evolving towards decentralization– emphasizing proactive and watchful guidance. The emergence of digital technologies and AI-powered solutions has also significantly altered the landscape for corporate oversight.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

They’ve developed a system of military leadership called mission command , an alternative to rigid systems of leadership that specify in great detail what troops should do in battle. This approach to project leadership is not common, but we see it more frequently on startup teams and in smaller organizations.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2017

Sometimes this distancing happens gradually, and sometimes it happens quickly–soon after a bad hire, a failure of leadership, or a divisive decision/event. Technology / Offering (Make different). Leadership Innovation (Work different). Leadership Innovation: The Questions Leaders Ask. Cautionary tales abound.

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