This past week an update of our department’s org chart was distributed to reflect new reporting relationships and some structural ‘tweaking’. With everyone neatly represented in their respective boxes, I couldn’t help but wonder … what’s the real message of all these lines of boxes linked to the box above them until you are all only linked to the uber-box – the coveted leader who sits above? If nothing else, this is a representation of the fallacy of leadership … the antiquated view of the appointed leader, the leader who has been chosen, the leader who is perched above – hiearchical, elitist …….. out of touch!
The boxed, hierarchical, rigid org chart is not representative of how anything truly gets done – and a Latte Leader gets this. A Latte Leader understands that leadership success is not derived by adherence to the boxes; rather, leadership success is the result of a commitment to develop breadth and depth of people networks – relationships - with the boxes beside, above, below and inbetween what is represented in the beloved org chart. Latte Leaders exercise the shadow organization effectively and work to engage all ‘boxes’ to make things happen.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100135706/index.htm
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