If ever you doubted the power of the human condition or the effect open leadership can have, watch this story of Conner and Cayden Long. Recipients of the Sports Illustrated SportsKid of the Year award for 2012, these two young brothers will not only melt your heart, they will instantly define for you the type of inspirational and ‘flat’ leadership we need in our organizations today
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They are the weak, the bullies, the ruthless They become and personify the finger that points at a scapegoat, gleefully abdicating any responsibility for erroneous outcomes or missed targets. They ascend to positions of power through matador like precision. Their sword is not metal, rather a behavioural style that aims to demean, command or enforce. Collectively there are hundreds of thousands of them occupying roles in organizations across all sectors and geographies. They too are implicated in the woeful levels of employee disengagement. This cohort should be renamed the Mysterium Tremendum Leader; a leader, I propose, that uses their positional power to invoke fear and trembling in its team members. A leader who looks up to Weber, Fayol and Taylor as the triad of perfected management definition. These leaders have no place in
According to Waterstone Human Capital and their 2010 Canadian Corporate Culture Study Results: 71 per cent of respondents say their organization’s corporate culture drives sales and revenue In a series of interviews in 2010, Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn/Ferry International, surfaced the following: JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is known for promoting openness and accountability in his organization Michael Thaman, chairman and CEO of Owens Corning observed: “Make sure that the DNA of your company is right. Ultimately, that shapes the way you operate.” Knightsbridge found the following, in their 2010 report entitled “Engaged Employees and the Bottom Line”: Only 30 per cent provide managers with formal career management processes, tools and training to support employee career development. Only 26 per cent indicated managers