Chaos to Complex :: everything is not an emergency
When you feel overwhelmed, and your world is tilted, everything can feel chaotic and complex. There are many things that you already have control over.
When you feel overwhelmed, and your world is tilted, everything can feel chaotic and complex. There are many things that you already have control over.
Buffalo, NY, CEOs are concerned about Innovation, goal setting, assessment, and societal and Market Change. I recently attended the Buffalo Niagara Partnerships CEO’s Speak event. The talk shared survey data from 427 business leaders in all sectors; the Siena College Research Institute did the survey. An area of focus is the shifts or impacts of … Continued
Figure out what is needed & what success looks like in the role. Only then can you ask the proper questions to find the person to fill that role.
Too many organizations & managers get it wrong. They look for the person, assuming that they will “fit-into” the role or even worse that they have the “potential to grow into the role”.
The notion that a team can define accountability & authority means that they know the outcome before it happens & have removed all ambiguity, judgment, innovation & human interaction from the work. That to me sounds like a robot path to disengagement.
We all have, a one time in our careers, had a manger who has less capable or as capable as us. While having a manager who has the same capability may sound nice, it creates tension.
VUCA workplaces focus on purpose to connect and focus on processes shaping results. With purpose, a VUCA work system has guidelines to feel
Is this a metaphor for organization development, team building and managerial-leadership?
I think so…Sometimes the path of least resistance and limited friction works best.
Sometimes the need for effort and friction moves the organization, team and manager further.
This is an important concept in the world of organization development, teams, and managerial-leadership…Understanding how different people view rules and managements role in the rules informs our work ethic and idea of control over our work.
The greater your business and you can understand, handle and plan for complexity then the more likely the change that you want to have happen will happen.
Context sharing of the manager, manager’s manager and so on…is sharing the frame of reference with the person being delegated the task. By setting this frame of reference it allows people to see how their work fits into the bigger picture.