Dueling Trackbacks
Johnnie Moore has an interesting post on facilitation as a Leadership Style and found this neato torpedo chart via Steve Davis as well. Click for good stuff. (And Johnnie, can you squeeze in a few extra days for paying work?)
Visionary | Manager | Facilitator |
Concerned with doing the right thing | Concerned with doing things right | Concerned with helping people do things |
Takes the long term view | Takes the short term view | Helps people find a view and articulate it |
Hopes others will respond and follow | Hopes others will complete their tasks | Hopes others will engage in the process |
Inspires innovation | Inspires stability | Helps people respond to things that are new and things that remain the same |
I have no clue how I've broken this table and I've given up trying to fix. Sorry.
UPDATE: Fixed! Jon Strande rides to the rescue.
UPDATE UPDATE: Our vision has not been managed nor facilitated. On the upside, my plausible deniability and distance from the problem is growing. I now get to blame Jon.
posted by fouro @ 7:07 AM
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Don't feel bad about breaking the table. I've apparently broken the link to Steve's page from Johnnie's page; can't get Steve's page to load.
Interesting perspective, and certainly a challenge to implement. Definitely would benefit from careful application of the "First Who, Then What" principle.
My pleasure! still a little extra space at the top, but no big deal.
I had an interesting chat yesterday with my bosses boss (Brian)... say that three times fast. Anyway, we were talking about what's next since the new site is going live this weekend. I was spouting off my usual blue sky ideas, and questioning whehter or not some of the ideas would fly, to which he replied "that will certainly test our organizational maturity". Is that a new buzzword? I haven't heard it before, but I like it - and it's very true. It got me thinking, a 55 year old (mature) company is very much like a 55 year old person - they're both very much set in their ways. As we mature, we develop habits - and habits are hard to break. So, are companies like people?
I guess this comment is off topic, but one of the items in the table was "helps people respond to things that are new", helped lead me down this path...
oooh, too good, guys. (from 2 good guys?)
I feel either last nite's spaghetti, or a post rumbling up.
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