Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

They are more diverse, culturally and generationally. Increasingly, leaders exist in a much longer ‘span of control’ network. They need to get things done without too much ‘command and control’. Leaders work in increasingly leaner organisations. High on leadership, low on resources.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 18, 2023

Organization: Cultivating the Right Capabilities for Success HR’s role in shaping the organization goes beyond traditional HR demographics such as the number of levels or span of control. Rather, HR must focus on building the right organization capabilities that drive success.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The company better aligned the workforce mix to its strategy, by optimizing different talent acquisition channels, manager spans of control (number of workers reporting to them), and worker mobility. Educate leaders on how and why to optimize a blended workforce. Fewer junior scientists reported to each senior scientist.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2017

They successfully expand their span of control outward from the center, gathering more influence over time. Ultimately, this type of growth masks a lack of diversity and fresh thinking in the core of the management ranks causing many leaders, their teams and organizations to lose their way.

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