Bureaucracy gets a bad wrap. …but we couldn’t operate without it. In our Leadership team the final and key member is the Organizer. Think of this person as the connector, rather than the doer, and you’ll start to see how they can help your team not hinder them. As organizations…
33. Getting on with the Job…
The Japanese word “Gemba” literally means “where the action is”. Our 3rd Leadership Team member spends their time in, and thinks about the Gemba. The Worker If having a worker in your leadership team sounds strange let’s explain. The worker’s job is clear – to focus on the tasks at…
32. It’s Good to be the King…
For most of human history people lived in small groups of no more than 150. These families or small villages could be sustained through a hierarchy led by strong individuals – we call them Rulers. The attributes of leaders which make them Rulers survive today and form the 2nd of…
31. Who are You…?
This series about Felt Leadership is based on Charles Handy’s 4 Organizational Cultures – Person, Power, Task and Role. To make this more meaningful for individuals we picture a leader as a combination of 4 different “people” – Person, Ruler, Worker & Organizer… We call these 4 the “Leadership Team”.…
29. About “Felt Leadership”…
“Leadership Style’ is the most written about topic in the Leadership Industry, also the most complex, so we at Balancedkaizen have taken some time to try to simplify our approach to this important topic. In our next series of posts we seek to examine some common “style” attributes, in the…