As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
– Bill Gates
A motivated team is self-organizing because the management learned how to trust it.
Conversely, poor management will create a close environment dominated by fear and where everyone's creativity and capacity is diminished and humiliated.
Business leaders must be educated to move from command & control to consensus. Then they'll be able to trust their people and as a result, the team will start self-organizing reducing everyone's overhead.
The more we control, the slower we go.
The new year is set to radically shift norms and perspectives.
57% of U.S workers are stressed on a regular basis,
while 83% suffer from work-related stress, costing the economy $77 billion.
This is something that leaders and managers should not ignore.
Systems-change initiatives often engage hundreds of organizations – governments, companies, civil society organizations, worker associations, research institutions and others – combining their capacities to achieve a shared goal.
These large-scale initiatives are often driven and supported by people who fit a certain profile; those who are able to catalyze and empower collective action among others, rather than controlling or directing the action themselves. These people are increasingly described as systems leaders.
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