Many of us are so used to the organisation being top-centric where authority lives and directives are flowed down. The upside-down organisation chart is something that we need to consciously adopt and adapt to.
If you visualise the upside-down org chart, you will see that the leader literally is supporting and holding up the entire structure. What drives this leader?
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[8 June 2021] Day 8 of the fmco* in Malaysia.
I wrote about Stewardship in an upside-down org chart yesterday.
There is more to leadership than our decision-making skills. One of the services a leader must provide is the capacity of vision and foresight. Without this, the whole organisation will either go in different directions or in the wrong direction.
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[7 June 2021] Day 7 of the fmco* in Malaysia.
We’ve seen this kind of organisation chart being drawn all the time. The leader is always at the top. Yeah, I’ve used it too. But in practise, it should be upside-down. What sort of leadership will put themselves at the bottom?
Continue readingMichael Jordan (“MJ”) was a professional basketball player in the NBA. He played for the Chicago Bulls team for many years and later, the Washington Wizard. Quoting from his biography on the official NBA website: “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.”
It’s not easy to remain reach the apex. It takes talent, skills, and diligence. Plus, a growth mindset helps. But MJ has this to day about enduring success. This is what he said:
Many would have heard the sharpening of the axe story (see below if you haven’t). The picture we have in our minds is the lumberjack with an axe chopping trees down. I used this other visualisation instead — the mountain climber with a pick-axe. The lumberjack story was told in a different time. Today chopping down trees is negative. Also, we have moved from a production economy to a skilled- and knowledge-based economy. And climbing mountains is more like what we do. Continue reading
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What do billionaires Warren Buffet and Richard Branson say about good presentation skills? They both say it is your ticket to success by increasing your value by as much as 50%!
Unless you were lost in a cave yourself, you would have been like me between June 23rd and July 10th — holding your breath while following the news closely on the riveting Thai Cave Rescue episode. There are valuable leadership lessons that we can derive from it. Continue reading
