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. In a diverse environment, people often have names we may not be familiar with.

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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. To illustrate the above I would like to share the story of “permanent white water”, often told by Roosevelt Thomas, president and founder of the American Institute for Managing Diversity Inc.

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Coaching Ourselves

MARCH 1, 2024

This shift is reflected in the adoption of employee-centric policies, caring leadership, and more inclusive workplace practices. We love the diversity of the topics and that they are consistently on the edge of what’s timely and critical. In today’s organizational landscape, health and wellbeing have become paramount.

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QAspire

MARCH 18, 2014

Experts have defined this as “ situational leadership.”. In that context, not all situations demand collaborative leadership. There are situations when directive leadership is required and the ones where focus is on coaching and supporting. When there are team members/stakeholders with diverse interests. Stay Tuned!

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

One can hardly imagine a decentralized decision- making process in his operations. GE is known for its diversity and ability to function competitively in many markets. Here, diversity in the decision-making fits the terrain. There's no doubt this is a man with vision and drive. GE and HCL.

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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. The importance and value of leadership training and coaching came out clearly in the survey results.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. They must be willing to decentralize their decision?making The Centers of Gravity (CoG) that will be influenced: Leadership, Process, Infrastructure, Populations, and Action Units. By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. C2: Identify Means.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

This post in an excerpt from The Quality Leadership Workbook for Police by Chief David Couper and Captain Sabine Lobitz ( buy via Amazon ). The New Quality Leadership Workbook for Police. Step 1: Educate and inform everyone in the organization about the vision, the goals, and Quality Leadership. Step 3: Teach Quality Leadership.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

This is likely to require decentralizing the structure of our organizations, with smaller teams given greater autonomy to act, experiment and learn. The insights from these teams should then be allowed to flow up and around the organization to spread learning throughout.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In order to adapt to local cultures and market needs, companies must shift to decentralized, collaborative decision-making. To address these needs, new approaches for developing global leaders are required: The diversity of top leadership should reflect the diversity of the firm's customers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. Four strategies were at the core of this transformation: build relationships, establish shared purpose, create shared consciousness, and foster diversity. (1) Most companies embody leadership and organizational models created at the turn of the 20th century.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Successful cross-sector partnerships contain diverse but complementary organizations that collectively contribute to the creation of long-term value. Apollo Hospitals focuses on medical service delivery through a geographically diverse network of CSCs. Manage people effectively through decentralized teams across organizations.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

It appears Toyota’s decentralized structure, which served it well for many years, turned into a liability as the company continued to grow and dominate worldwide markets. ’ Execution Gap Maker #6: Toyota During 2010 Toyota recalled millions of cars due to a variety of defects. What went wrong? For example, some of Toyota’s former U.S.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization. They represent a diverse mix of insurance and noninsurance subsidiaries of various sizes. This is somewhat surprising, given that his management system is very different from those of other publicly traded companies.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

His goal, like many of the leaders we interviewed, is to establish a presence that reliably represents who he is and what he stands for so that in the decentralized world of autonomous teams — that his company’s software has helped create — people can formulate strategy, make decisions and deal with ambiguity.

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Toward a New Leadership Agenda. Leading energy companies are investing in decentralized energy grids, demonstrating the broad feasibility of such approaches. An increase in the dynamism and diversity of business environments means that people must adapt their skills more quickly. Essential background. Invest in human capital.

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