Friday Features: 23-August-2019
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BY Ravin Jesuthasan via Harvard Business Review
For much of the last 30 years, organizations have agonized about whether they should centralize or decentralize their operations. But today that debate is increasingly moot. Every organization is essentially a distributed one, with many different options for getting work done. Our ability to “liberate” work from the organization and distribute it to its most optimal provider — anywhere in the world — is creating a new set of requirements for leaders.
BY Ian C. Woodward via INSEAD Knowledge
Common self-improvement objectives include becoming an active listener, taming micro-managing or gaining better emotional control. Other executives wish to expand their networking or communication skills. There are hundreds of other objectives. Every leader is unique, and so are the ways they might want to improve.
All this development work is easier said than done, but one thing is clear: To face these challenges, you must deepen your self-awareness. A successful way to achieve this is to explore the inner forces that are likely to either support or obstruct your self-improvement efforts.
BY Imeyen Ebong et al. via BAIN INSIGHTS
In today's complex and volatile business environment, it is not possible for organizations to thrive without diversity and different perspectives... Debate and, inevitably, conflict have become critical... So, what can leaders do to promote productive, healthy debate and conflict in their organizations?.
BY Martin Reeves et al. via BCG Insights
In business transformations, there are plausible reasons to believe that time is an essential factor. Companies that change early may get a first-mover advantage, acting ahead of their competitors and potential disruptors. Besides, business organizations are complex systems, which often decline much faster than they grow...Considering that transformations take time, moving preemptively may be the best way to prevent obsolescence and collapse.
BY Quinisha Jackson-Wright via The New York Times
Do personality tests like the Myers-Briggs help managers learn their team’s working styles, or just encourage them to hire and promote people like them?...As diversity in the workplace becomes an increasingly urgent priority for employers, personality assessments may be one of many practices that unintentionally isolate or penalize those who prefer to work in isolation or silence...
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Narayan Kamath
