N2Growth Blog

MARCH 26, 2012

If top CEOs, Billionaires, leading scholars, and others who have reached the pinnacle of their profession can continue to invest in themselves, then so should you. Control is about power – not leadership. Forget span of control and think span of influence.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2012

Sure, everyone – even entrepreneurs and CEOs answer to someone. Organizations are flatter, spans of control have increased, and hundreds of thousands of employees now work from home. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for an organization and not have a boss breathing down your neck?

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CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

We have 8 teams which is a good number for span of control. This system is not proven so I welcome any suggestions on how to improve it. So how are we doing it? We have the following roles with the following responsibilities. This is 100% volunteer. Each team is lead by a director and an assistant director.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

Take into account, however, that different jobs require different spans of control. The lawyers in your legal department probably do highly specialized work that needs close supervision, thus requiring a narrower span of control. Chances are that your top performers want to live up to their full potential.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Following a merger, the CEO of a large manufacturing company was concerned that the newly combined business had too many complex and unnecessary processes, all of which made it difficult to get things done and drove up costs. Here are two examples of this problem: Headcount reduction or simplification?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

During his entire career, he worked in his father''s span of control, reporting directly to his dad within six years of joining the business. Denis has always been the presumptive heir apparent for the CEO position. Has he reported within his parent''s span of control for most/all of his career?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Control is about power – not leadership. Forget span of control and think span of influence. Ask yourself this question – If an election for CEO were held today, would your stakeholders re-elect you in a landslide victory? Great CEOs are talent magnets…people want to be led by those who have much to offer.

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