The Collaboration Imperative
For various reasons, the management challenges ahead will require the skills of a collaborative leader. Many leaders, however, lack the required skills to collaborate meaningfully. Readers will learn what those skills are and how they can develop them in this article.
Content: Article | Author: Rick Lash | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subject: Leadership
Rick Lash
The vast majority of participants in Hay Group’s recent global Best Companies for Leadership survey indicated that their organizations have become flatter and more matrixed. Individuals may be assigned to work on different project teams and report to multiple managers. The advantages can be huge — new innovations, increased sharing of information and better capacity to solve complex problems. And yet the more … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Rick Lash | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Innovation, Organizational Behavior
Rick Lash
Why has the development of collaborative leadership skills lagged the evolution of organizational structures? Organizations usually get the kind of behaviour they reward, and they have historically rewarded achievement-oriented leaders who drive short-term results. As a result, companies have ended up with leaders who excel at the achievement orientation, teamwork and organizational awareness competencies that are associated with strong functional leadership.
The problem is that … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Rick Lash | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
Rick Lash
Self-image at work is a critical and often overlooked factor in the process of change. People change jobs and careers, but rarely do they think about changing their self-image. Perhaps that’s because self-image operates just below awareness, but still colors our perceptions, emotions and actions. Leaders who are not conscious of this fact tend to cling to their old self-image that keeps them from changing. … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Rick Lash | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Change Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development