Use the Ladder of Leadership to become a “Know, Don’t Tell” leader. watch this Nudge for more information Leadership Nudge® 327 – Be a “Know, Don’t Tell” Leader One of our frameworks is focused on this idea of knowing and telling. And the idea is, you want as much as possible to be a “Don’t Tell”...
Well Balanced Control When giving control, measure competence and clarity to create the appropriate balance.
Leadership Nudge – KNOW ALL, TELL NOT I am going to give you this two by two matrix that describes different models of leadership. Now most leadership lives up in the KNOW ALL, TELL ALL world. The leader knows all the answers so he or she gives all the orders, and since they are the...
Hierarchies exist in every organization that has people in them. Most hierarchies operate like this; the people at the bottom have the information but not the authority to make decisions. So we create a system to channel information to the authority. People at the top make the decision and it comes back down to the...
Leadership Nudge – Give Control and Create LeadersYou can’t “direct” empowerment programs. Directed empowerment programs are flawed because they are predicated on this assumption: I have the authority and ability to empower you (and you don’t). Fundamentally, that’s disempowering. This internal contradiction dooms these initiatives. Rather you should search for the organizational practices and procedures...