Expand Your Mind: Management and Leadership
by Miki Saxon
Today is not about the difference (if any) or which is more important (you can’t have one without the other).
Which is more important in a CEO, age or experience? With the advent of the Facebook IPO that decades old question is hot again.
The debate typically pits the benefits of creativity and familiarity with emerging technologies against the need for disciplined decision making and experience dealing with hard times.
It’s funny how inaccurate most assumptions are, such as the supposed power of C-suite leadership teams. (Requires free registration.)
But in actuality, the group rarely conducts its work in unison, as a deliberative body or a source of command. Instead, its power comes from its members’ informal and social networks, their determination to make the most of those connections, and their ability to work well in subgroups formed to address specific issues.
Finally, take a look at the winners of the M-Prize on Leadership along with other out of the box approaches at the Mix.
If organizations are going to evolve from the hierarchical, command-and-control structure that has dominated over the past century to a new model where trust, transparency and meritocracy are guiding principles, they’re going to need to change the way they develop leaders.
Flickr image credit: pedroelcarvalho
