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6 Ways Leaders Can Dial up the Level of Value in the Workplace

Michael Lee Stallard

Decentralize decision making. Many firms over the last hundred years decentralized decision making. Decentralization gained momentum when Peter Drucker persuaded Alfred P. to decentralize decision making at General Motors Corporation. Recognize the human need for work/life balance.

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Indispensable Traits of a Collaborative Leader: Part 1

QAspire

A collaborative team is the one where power is decentralized and everyone owns the final outcome. This also requires a collaborative leader to give up on their ego and need to be “in control”. A collaborative leader fulfills this essential human need by listening – what is being said and what is left unsaid.

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An Inside View of How LVMH Makes Luxury More Sustainable

Harvard Business Review

The company is a €36 billion decentralized collection of valuable brands — which they call houses (or maisons ) — covering fashion, wine and spirits, cosmetics, and jewelry. On one level, probably not, since these products almost by definition are not an inherent human need.