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Leading Towards a Network Organization

Lead Change Blog

In a previous blog , I wrote about why you should transform your organization into a network organization and promised to write about how to lead that transformation. To recap, a network organization is all about communities based on connectors and content. Identify community managers. Celebrate results.

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Community Management

Lead Change Blog

A network organization is resilient and sustainable. One of the largest barriers in several organizations is that many managers still tend to think using hierarchical paradigms. Targets, management on result, and control remain the magic words. Okay, but what is a network organization and how and why does it work?

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0710 | Writing the Org Chart in Pencil with Liann Eden

LDRLB

Using an innovative organizational design, Eden is able to bring the brightest consultants to client projects by forming bespoke teams. How networked organizations are the way of the future. How networked organizations are the way of the future. Under New Management. Under New Management Preorder Bonuses.

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20 Essential Terms that You Need to Know to Transform Your Business

N2Growth Blog

It influences the way work is organized, executed and informs the ways in which quality measured. Empowerment – Employee empowerment occurs when management shares information and a certain degree of autonomy and responsibility for decision-making, allowing employees to take initiative and make decisions to solve problems.

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Identification and Overidentification in Organizations

Management Craft

I found an interesting article in the Journal of Management called, Identification in Organizations: An Examination of Four Fundamental Questions by Blake Ashforth, Spencer Harrison, and Kevin Corley. Would your organization and work group benefit from several strong and productive identifications occurring at once?

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We Need Open Data To Change The World

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Tim Hwang and a few friends in Cambridge found themselves questioning the costs associated with raising a few thousand dollars to launch an online project. Each month the group would put $1,000 to the best idea from artists, community organizers, and techies. They've funded art projects, wi-fi routers, and community events.

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How Leaders Can Let Go Without Losing Control

Harvard Business Review

Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” Without doctrine, it’s impossible for managers to let go without losing control. Although rare, there are companies that have made the shift from process to principles-based management. Wikipedia has its five pillars.