With the development of self-organization, hierarchical leadership roles will be reduced. Leadership will not disappear, but it will significantly change: It will become part of the team activities. Defining who takes leadership responsibility within the team and how that leadership is exercised will be part of the team’s self-determination.… Read more “x What leadership for self-organized teams?”
What leadership for self-organized teams?
With the development of self-organization, hierarchical leadership roles will be reduced. Leadership will not disappear, but it will significantly change: It will become part of the team activities. Defining who takes leadership responsibility within the team and how that leadership is exercised will be part of the team’s self-determination.… Read more “What leadership for self-organized teams?”
Cultural diagnostic for better problem solutions
Many of the issues we encounter in our organizations have deeper cultural root causes. Just fixing the visible part of the problem is not enough. We know this, but we rarely include a cultural diagnostic into our problem-solving approach. Instead, we end up addressing only the structural aspects of the issue.… Read more “Cultural diagnostic for better problem solutions”
Set up your Personal Career Advisory Board now!
It is important to actively drive our career development. But that should not be done alone. You should get the support from people who know you, who know your function and who know your industry. This article outlines how to set up a personal career advisory board and how to run it efficiently.… Read more “Set up your Personal Career Advisory Board now!”
6 steps to assess job opportunities
In this article I would like to outline a simple framework to assess job opportunities. This will hopefully be useful for you to make the right choices in view of the career opportunities you wish to peruse, and as a side effect this can also be a great preparation for the interviews if you decide to apply for a given role.… Read more “6 steps to assess job opportunities”
COMPANY CULTURE. How to optimize internal competition
The level of internal competition is an important aspect of company culture. Some companies have an exacerbated level of internal competition. Other organizations are overly consensus oriented. These two extremes are not optimal, because employees cannot cooperate efficiently. We should therefore aim to move to health internal rivalry.… Read more “COMPANY CULTURE. How to optimize internal competition”
Self-awareness – Be narcissistic and love your weaknesses
Constantly deepening our self-awareness is critical to grow as a person and as a leader. But to achieve this there are many barriers we need to overcome. We have been told not to be self-centred and to combat our weaknesses, which leads to a certain denial of who we are.… Read more “Self-awareness – Be narcissistic and love your weaknesses”
ART-WORK BALANCE. What art can bring to leadership
Interview with Prof. Dr. Tom Sommerlatte. For Tom, being a painter and leading a corporation hang together. That balance between ART and WORK is essential for him as a leader. He has brought artistic freedom and creativity into the workplace. According to Tom, the artistic spirit helps improve problem solving.… Read more “ART-WORK BALANCE. What art can bring to leadership”
Career Strategy: The Diamond principle
A career has typically two distinct phases: In the first phase you broaden your experience base. You will reach a turning point as soon as you have gained the necessary experience to reach your aspired career target. This is where the second phase starts and where you need to take a focused approach in view of your career ambition.… Read more “Career Strategy: The Diamond principle”
Why we need to reduce the power of leaders
Companies are changing their organization structures to become more agile and to allow teams to be self-organized. That requires very different leadership. Most leaders are aware of this but find it difficult to adjust their leadership style. Why? This video shows that we need to reduce the power of leaders in order to allow leaders to change their behavior and be fit for the future.… Read more “Why we need to reduce the power of leaders”