Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Its goal is to seamlessly meld centralized vision and planning with empowered decentralized execution – where everyone is encouraged to exercise disciplined initiative, improvise, innovate, and take smart risks in accomplishing a shared goal. Propose a novel idea to your colleagues or the team members you lead. Take a smart risk.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Along with a plan to transform into a more customer-oriented organization that was internally collaborative and deeply listened to both employees and citizens, Madison developed a leadership style they called Quality Leadership. You may ask what the role of Quality Leadership was in the transformational process?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is known to expect unwavering discipline from his workers, personifies this leadership style. Behavior is even more tightly regulated at Amazon’s warehouses, where target goals and surveillance keep production on schedule. Whole Foods, on the other hand, has a much looser culture.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

He did all the product demos himself. Jeff’s leadership style is infectious. Amazon is fairly decentralized, and some of these executives run their own businesses and make their own decisions. Two weeks ago, for instance, Amazon introduced the new Kindle Fire tablets.

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