The difference here is with a win-win-win approach, we all win.
Do we all win the same equity vesting schedule?
At my employee-owned company, yes.
Shift from a leader-follower to a leader-leader approach
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Re: Shift from a leader-follower to a leader-leader approach
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I am interested but don't have time to read a book. However, I don't think any text can change a person's opinion that is derived from experience. I think what they're trying to describe is the concept of a person being assigned responsibilities as a follower, and owning that responsibility to the fullest, which is a something I agree with strongly. But that isn't them "leading". Ultimately you can have only one #1 p…
The audio book is read by the author. Well worth your time imo.
Thanks, i'll have to check it out.
Re: Shift from a leader-follower to a leader-leader approach
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wartime is exactly when centralized control breaks down the hardest , because conditions start changing incredibly fast and communication breaks down. There's a reason the phrase is "fog of war" and not "fog of peace"!
Counterpoint: Name a great victory where top leadership mattered very little. Or, for that matter, a massive upset where top leadership did not truly contribute significantly. The "fog of war", AFAIK, tends to refer to general breakdown of communication (as you noted), but even fully localized control (terrorist cells, I suppose) are not highly effectual without coordination and informed assessment of the overall pic…
Leaders can matter—a lot—even if they do not exercise granular, top-down control. They can provide the right context and motivation, articulate high-level aims, resolve issues and create the kinds of systems and cultures that do not need explicit direction.
A great illustration of this idea in context is Andrew Gordon's book on the Battle of Jutland, The Rules of the Game[1]. He mostly contrasts the leadership philosophies in the British Navy shortly before and during the Battle of Jutland. The British Navy became very top-down and procedure-oriented during peacetime, which did not generalize well to operating in battle.
[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/354137.Rules_of_the_Game