article thumbnail

Leading Towards a Network Organization

Lead Change Blog

In a previous blog , I wrote about why you should transform your organization into a network organization and promised to write about how to lead that transformation. To recap, a network organization is all about communities based on connectors and content. Identify community managers. Celebrate results.

article thumbnail

Connections: The New Currency of Our Era

Leading Blog

Lets explore two critical domains where connections are paramount: innovation and talent management. This means fostering diverse teams, building networks that bridge silos, and nurturing cultures where collaboration is encouraged. Talent Management Is a Connection Issue Talent is the lifeblood of any organization.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Community Management

Lead Change Blog

A network organization is resilient and sustainable. One of the largest barriers in several organizations is that many managers still tend to think using hierarchical paradigms. Targets, management on result, and control remain the magic words. Okay, but what is a network organization and how and why does it work?

article thumbnail

Hundreds of Employee Engagement Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

The results were compiled in an e-book entitled The Top Tens of Employee Engagement. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

article thumbnail

20 Essential Terms that You Need to Know to Transform Your Business

N2Growth Blog

It influences the way work is organized, executed and informs the ways in which quality measured. Empowerment – Employee empowerment occurs when management shares information and a certain degree of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making, allowing employees to take initiative and make decisions to solve problems.

article thumbnail

Reinvent Opportunity, Restore Satisfaction

Women on Business

Guest post by LaMae Allen deJongh, managing director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture (learn more about LaMae at the end of this post). LaMae Allen deJongh, Managing Director for US Human Capital and Diversity for Accenture. Experience tells us that when employees are unhappy they look for new jobs. About the Author.

article thumbnail

Lead by Providing Bearing, Room, and Backup

Lead Change Blog

A pure form of self-directed teams is a paradox, in that it would allow a team to go in a direction that doesn’t really fit with the organization. So even when dealing with self-directed teams, or with a network organization , you as leader will always have the responsibility to provide bearing.