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The Pros And Cons Of A Bossless Organization

The Horizons Tracker

These can dry up as the market matures, however. Where things go wrong is not typically the growing span of control or communication difficulties, as is often stated, but rather the compounding of evaluators’ errors. “Our results don’t mean we must dismiss the bossless company,” the researchers suggest.

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It's Time To Bring Back the Executive Dining Room

Harvard Business Review

The group at my table included executives from marketing, finance, sales, HR, and corporate development. But office seating tends to be grouped according to a single function, division, or span of control. Those lunches were a critical organizational lubricant, reducing friction and allowing the gears to turn much more smoothly.