A metaphor for the collaborative leader
Recently, a colleague leading in a multi-party collaboration described her role to me as being a “lubricant” to the system. She told me her job was to facilitate, to connect people together who should be connected, to “grease the wheels” so to speak, and just generally remove obstacles so people could get their work done.
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Food for a healthy organization
Collaboration is about people working together. Margaret Wheatley knows all about getting people to work together. I’m a big fan of her, her world view, and her wisdom. She is a leader in the systems thinking approach to organization development. I’ve read and listened to her, and find her ideas inspiring. Her book Finding Our [...]
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