There are lots of ways for companies to organize themselves. This week, the Wily Manager guys discuss Distributed Leadership and why it may or may not be a good idea. Either way, there are some things that can be applied in any setting that can be learned from a Distributed Leadership model.
Monday’s Tip: Start with fundamentals. Before changing your leadership model, ensure your organization value leadership: setting clear expectations, holding people accountable, and rewarding desired behaviors.
Tuesday’s Tip: Who’s Accountable? If you are pushing leadership away from individuals, ensure you know who is accountable. When everyone’s accountable, no one is accountable.
Wednesday’s Tip: Figure out how difficult decisions get made before you have make one. Outline a process for how difficult decisions will get made if you are going to push leadership away from individuals.
Thursday’s Tip: Push authority and accountability as deep into the hierarchy as you can. This is a good idea regardless of whether you are moving to a Distributed Leadership model or not.
Friday’s Tip: Move beyond “positional power”. Figure out how existing leaders will part with power, and work with people to develop other ways to influence people that extends beyond positional power.