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  • Consider this if you want more autonomy
  • It's all your fault - the dark side of leadership
  • Don't shoot the messenger - examine the message
  • A leader doesn't live in this reality
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  • Don't lead change!
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Published on June 13, 2018

Consider this if you want more autonomy

I believe in autonomous teams, i.e. organization units that are guided by a shared culture, directed by an internalized strategy, equipped with adequate information to make the right decisions, and structured to self-organize for the task at hand. I believe in autonomous teams because they seem to deliver, empower people, and be highly productive, too.
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Tags: autonomy, management, team

Published on April 18, 2018

It’s all your fault – the dark side of leadership

A leader is someone who has followers. Every leader is sometimes frustrated because people don’t follow. I, at least, have spent several dark moments trying to figure out why “they”, the people that were supposed to follow me, don’t get it.
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Tags: Change, Culture, Leadership

Published on March 22, 2018

Don’t shoot the messenger – examine the message

Every leader receives complaints or constructive feedback every now and then. Sometimes the feedback is concrete: ”my pay is too low”. Sometimes its vague: ”we need more openness”. Sometimes it may even be alarming: “we are being managed by fear”
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Tags: complaint, employee, feedback

Published on December 28, 2017

A leader doesn’t live in this reality

Almost once a month someone in my team says something like ”you are not living in this reality” or “you don’t understand what we really do”. I agree on the first claim but not at all on the second one.
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Published on December 13, 2017

Six pitfalls of employee surveys

It is still common for companies to conduct annual employee satisfaction surveys. It is dangerous, though, to assume that the survey results tell what people really think. You need to dig into the results to understand what they mean and to figure out what to do about them. Here are a few traps you should avoid.
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