What style of leadership works and what doesn't work in an organisation?
1) Strict
hierarchical decision-making doesn't work. Shared consciousness or ‘smart
autonomy’ - is what works.
Everyone — not just those on the top rungs of the organisational
ladder — has to be empowered, but they must still look out for the needs of the
whole organisation, not themselves.
2) Information
ownership doesn't work. That's when people protect what they know without
sharing it with others. It's a hindrance to an organisation.
It makes you more
powerful but it makes the organisation weaker.
Inclusion and transparency is what works. Allowing
information to flow between parts of an organisation, helps formulate ideas and
foster trust.
3) Organisational
equity doesn't work. It's the idea that everyone within the organisation is
trying to make things "fair" for them in relation to their colleagues.
Having teams is what works, because it encourages
collaboration and supports that "shared consciousness" idea.
If everybody on a football team scores plenty of goals, but
you lose matches, you lost!
4) Command and
control doesn't work. Micro-managing and imposing your will over much of an
organisation stifles people.
Trust is what works.
Without it, it's impossible to have autonomous parts of an organisation.
