Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Today’s lean and fast-shifting environment, where the spread of information and networked technologies have broken down hierarchies and eroded silos, people at every level need to make decisions. As a result, leadership has become broadly distributed. Do you agree that leadership has undergone many changes in recent times and that it is not necessarily so attached to places of power that's why Leadership ”Isn’t Just for Leaders Anymore. Saving Changes...
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Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Alexandre, no, I do not agree.
There was always leadership with and without authority, at least since we invented matrix management.
I attended a class ‚leading without authority’ 30 years ago.
Think it is much more difficult to lead with authority as there is a risk to be lazy and rely on power.
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Feb 20, 2020 4:40 PM
Alexandre Costa
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Thomas,
Thank you for sharing your opinion, this subject is meant to be provocative in order to gather the opinion of the members.
Alexandre
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 20, 2020 4:31 PM
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Alexandre, no, I do not agree.
There was always leadership with and without authority, at least since we invented matrix management.
I attended a class ‚leading without authority’ 30 years ago.
Think it is much more difficult to lead with authority as there is a risk to be lazy and rely on power.
Thomas,
Thank you for sharing your opinion, this subject is meant to be provocative in order to gather the opinion of the members.
I'd agree with Thomas that the concept of leading without authority has been around for centuries, but it has been promoted and written about much more in the last few decades as we moved away from rote work to knowledge work.
Kiron
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Feb 20, 2020 5:27 PM
Alexandre Costa
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Kiron,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's true that the concept is much more on the table in the last year's, curiously some times discussed by organizations like the army, that normally are very conservative on these matters.
Alexandre
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 20, 2020 5:22 PM
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Alexandre -
I'd agree with Thomas that the concept of leading without authority has been around for centuries, but it has been promoted and written about much more in the last few decades as we moved away from rote work to knowledge work.
Kiron
Kiron,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's true that the concept is much more on the table in the last year's, curiously some times discussed by organizations like the army, that normally are very conservative on these matters.
Alexandre
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Feb 21, 2020 8:51 AM
Kiron Bondale
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Alexandre -
The funny thing is that the armed forces in most countries are a great example of diffused leadership. Yes, strategy and objectives are pushed from above and there is a strict set of standards which staff are expected to follow, but they are also given a significant degree of autonomy and some of the best special forces squads operate almost as holocracies.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It's true that the concept is much more on the table in the last year's, curiously some times discussed by organizations like the army, that normally are very conservative on these matters.
Alexandre
Alexandre -
The funny thing is that the armed forces in most countries are a great example of diffused leadership. Yes, strategy and objectives are pushed from above and there is a strict set of standards which staff are expected to follow, but they are also given a significant degree of autonomy and some of the best special forces squads operate almost as holocracies.
Kiron
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Feb 21, 2020 10:15 AM
Alexandre Costa
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Kiron,
Yes i agree completely with you, I’ve already experienced this at first hand in my past.
Alexandre
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Alexandre
Interesting your question
Obliged by sharing
Two levels of leadership:
- Personal leadership
- Lead others
This question related to power and authority is very interesting
It is a challenge to be able to lead others with authority (that is, without the power that is given to us by the hierarchical position)
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Feb 21, 2020 10:16 AM
Alexandre Costa
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Dear Luis,
Thank you for sharing your reflections with the community, they are always very valuable.
Alexandre
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Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 21, 2020 8:51 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Alexandre -
The funny thing is that the armed forces in most countries are a great example of diffused leadership. Yes, strategy and objectives are pushed from above and there is a strict set of standards which staff are expected to follow, but they are also given a significant degree of autonomy and some of the best special forces squads operate almost as holocracies.
Kiron
Kiron,
Yes i agree completely with you, I’ve already experienced this at first hand in my past.
Alexandre Saving Changes...
Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 21, 2020 9:16 AM
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Dear Alexandre
Interesting your question
Obliged by sharing
Two levels of leadership:
- Personal leadership
- Lead others
This question related to power and authority is very interesting
It is a challenge to be able to lead others with authority (that is, without the power that is given to us by the hierarchical position)
Dear Luis,
Thank you for sharing your reflections with the community, they are always very valuable.
