My outlook on the office environment took a turn when I began to see each person as a leader, regardless of their job role or title. By perceiving everyone as a leader, you can break…
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The Facilitator Leader
It will be much easier for leadership to adapt new work challenges if they evolve their thinking about organizations from viewing them as ‘machines’ or ‘living entities’ to seeing them as ‘social systems’. The people…
Transform Your Work Mindset
I like to help people shift their perspective on their work. Instead of asking what they are working on, I pose one or all three of the following questions: Whether you are in your first…
Your Org Chart is Holding You Back
Your org chart is holding you back because it’s not designed for growth. It’s tailored for efficiency and for the way things are, not for the potential of what they could become. The org chart…
From Office-Centric to Culture-Centric
The office might be obsolete, but culture is not. It’s the quality of daily interactions, not merely being in the office or not, that truly unites a team. Shift your focus toward nurturing a culture-first…
Leadership: Top-down or Bottom-up
Siloed, compartmentalized, and a top-down leadership approach: Integrated, collaborative, and a bottom-up leadership approach: I’ll take the latter any day. A bottom-up approach is grounded in the belief that those closest to the work are…