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Navigating the Matrix – Who’s the Boss?
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Leveraging the benefits of matrix design for your work group can provide big payoffs, but the challenges are many. As team leader, there are some essentials you need to put in place to ensure success.
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Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve got two bosses? Maybe it’s been in your personal life, where your partner insisted on one approach but your teenager had an entirely different idea about how things should be done when it comes to vacation plans or use of the family car. You want to meet the needs of both despite these wildly differing expectations. Who do you report to?
Many of us have had similar experiences in the workplace. A key client of yours asks for specific adjustments in a product or service, for instance, while your executive sponsor indicates it just isn’t possible given other priorities or relationships. Or you’re providing internal services to an operating business unit and your boss sets performance parameters regarding deliverables that differ from your internal client’s expectations.
During a recent narrative 360 engagement, I had the opportunity to see this play out big time in a company that.... (cont'd) |
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Does Culture Really Eat Strategy for Breakfast?
There’s no doubt that culture can make an enormous difference in determining which companies succeed or fail. Constructed properly, a healthy culture will reinforce the articulated values and specific behaviors that leaders expect from all employees. But the pandemic has upended the plans of many companies, which is why so many are now resetting their strategies. Yes, a bad culture can devour a good strategy. But more companies need to appreciate the degree to which a sharp strategy can be the cornerstone of a healthy culture.
When it comes to leading a successful project, sometimes having too much status can be a bad thing. With status comes everything a leader needs for a project to succeed: resources, support, the faith of executives and team members. But there is peril, too: high-status leaders are often overburdened. And precisely because of their status, the people around them may not offer honest feedback.
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