Lead from Within

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Rise of Holacracy: The trend towards decentralized leadership—sometimes known as holacracy—challenges the traditional hierarchy of organizations. In this model, teams function more autonomously, guided by a shared purpose rather than a top-down directive. Communicate Transparently and Empathetically: Be open about coming changes.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

And with today’s digital economy and globalized markets making organizations more and more decentralized, it’s getting harder than ever for workers to create meaningful relationships with others. They also lead with generosity: they care about others and empower their teams to fulfill their own ambitions. Empowering others.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 22, 2020

Force Multiplication : Now that your workforce has likely become largely decentralized, your messaging should follow suit. Empower your team to not only amplify your message but to create their own. The more faces and voices you assemble in your media symphony, the louder and more beautiful the music of your message will sound.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

I was interviewing a leadership team member to prepare for an offsite planning retreat. I asked about the biggest challenges facing their team. When you and your team add new projects, objectives, or to-do activities, do you prune older projects, objectives, or activities to make room? Keep units small and decentralized.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 29, 2023

Generations Over Dinner is a decentralized model which encourages thousands of hosts to gather their friends, family, and even strangers at both physical dinner parties and virtual gatherings to discuss key topics through the unique lens of each generation.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2011

There must be centralization to deliver decentralization. They have a sphere within which they can make decisions as opposed to a committee-based or team-based approach where there’s a bunch of people who kind of share the decision. Then there is the really “bizarro&# contradiction of centralization/decentralization.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 8, 2021

The exchange itself was established in 2017, but its founder – Changpeng Zhao – had previously worked in teams related to finance and cryptocurrencies. In 2013, Zhao joined the Blockchain.info team as a member of a group working on a portfolio dedicated to cryptocurrencies. Coinbase – safety and practicality.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 22, 2021

“If I am the manager of an office and there are a bunch of teams under me, and I see that everyone looks toward one person for all the good ideas, I’ll try to decentralize the teams and make sure that one person is not dominating the creative network,” they explain.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

Most companies have decentralized their teams due to social distancing, measures directed by state and federal governments to keep people home and prevent further spread of the disease. Businesses are taking proactive measures to protect cashflow and ultimately this is impacting the workforce.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Successful implementation happens when responsibility is decentralized and functional units are empowered.

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CO2

MAY 30, 2018

Complex Minded: It is not enough nor sufficient to develop your ability to increase your competencies and skills you must develop yours and your teams form of mind to handle the complex. Create experiments in which it is safe to fail. By: Gary Cohen The post Top CEO Challenges appeared first on CO2 Coaching.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 29, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In her new book, Rising Together , Sally Helgesen draws on three decades of work with leaders and aspiring leaders around the world to offer practical ways to build more inclusive relationships, teams and workplaces. I recently watched a woman whom I knew to be a really good person stumble over the names of three of her team members.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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CO2

MAY 30, 2018

Setting a culture of adaptability via decentralized decision making. Complex Minded: It is not enough nor sufficient to develop your ability to increase your competencies and skills you must develop yours and your teams form of mind to handle the complex. Integrating Social Responsibility into the business model. By: Gary Cohen.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 16, 2023

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the compelling book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed. These toxic behaviors are obvious.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 17, 2015

It is the missing link to building the perfect team, and thus, a great company. And yes, it takes time away from the regular course of business. But it must be done. We must devote more time to our front-line supervisors. Study up, and lead well!

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The researchers highlight how the decentralization encouraged by the pandemic has meant that many companies have deployed tools such as HighMatch to measure for cultural fit. For instance, new co-workers or managers might join a team, or the company could be restructured. The study investigated workplaces in both the UK and the U.S.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart. Once Luis addressed his fears and shared his story openly, the team dynamic changed.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 30, 2023

Hold regular breakfasts (some have called this “muffins with management”), lunches, and celebration dinners with frontline teams. Keep units small and decentralized. Take this time to ask for feedback, concerns, and suggestions. A simple question such as: “What’s the dumbest thing management asks you to do?”

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Leading Blog

JUNE 3, 2011

It’s about the actions that have been programmed into the individuals and teams that make up a company before the crisis starts. And there is a balance to strike balance between centralized and decentralized, local and global that is not easy. It’s not about policies or procedures or risk mitigation processes.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Here is a recap about each of these two best new leadership books for 2022: Leading With Heart Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Issues such as globalization, decentralization, and the rapid pace of today’s marketplace have forced companies to evaluate the way they operate. Excellence in leadership development will involve teams that emphasize the importance of both human resources (HR) and business experience.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

At the outset, the whole organization must be educated on what agility means and on what it takes for a leader, a team, or a whole company to be agile. What can you do to build your team? Propose a novel idea to your colleagues or the team members you lead. Take a smart risk.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

This concept helps maximizing employee potential by encouraging trust through transparency, decentralizing decision-making and inverting the organizational hierarchy. Vineet Nayar of HCL Technologies pioneered the concept of Employee first and customer second. why is everyone smiling?

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

When we work with C-suite executives and with senior teams in our organizational practice, we often hear concerns about the disconnections between the current organizational culture and the needed culture to implement the future-proof strategy,” our COO David Altman says. Technology trends. The message is clear: Leadership matters most.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 9, 2017

But the leadership tools the airborne forces used can be equally effective on the teams we lead. The bigger the team, the more important these tools are. What wins the day are the small teams of people doing the best they can to apply the neat plan to the messy situation on the ground, come what may.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2019

One of the biggest challenges of the mobile workforce is being able to maintain cohesive teamwork and a real connection between team members. More freedom and autonomy has a tendency to drive team members apart unless you take concrete steps to still maintain a sense of community. The Challenges. Let’s take innovation, for instance.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company. They’re the metaphorical walls that separate different departments or teams within an organization. And do that with over 99.999999 percent reliability.

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

Begin discussion with top management team and train them. Share feedback with the chief and his management team. This begins at the top with the chief and the chief’s management team. An elected, rank-and-file police officer, is added to the chief’s management team. Discuss and ask employees; get feedback from them.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Excessive ‘decentralization’ or ‘centralization’. “Stupid”rules applied by “Stupid” people. Endless reference back and forth and up and down the Management Structure. Rigidity in Decision-Making. Planning & issues worked at too low a level.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. They are made up of shifting, project or process-based teams instead of rigid functional silos.” One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha. I call this one Beta ,” explains corporate anthropologist Dana Ardi.

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LDRLB

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Why can’t a team of the highest-priced lawyers stop teenagers from downloading free music via peer-to-peer software? Starfish organizations are decentralized and do not rely on one specific leader. The severed leg will, in turn, grow into an entirely new starfish. What happens when a spider fights a starfish?

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What is more, different teams need to work hand in hand toward shared goals. As soon as Agile transcends a one-team environment, complex challenges arise. Each pre-made methodology has its pros and cons when tackling multi-team programs and portfolios. By the Power of the Team. Choose Your Scaling Path.

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