Gravity in a Weightless World
// BY BARRY SALZBERG
GRAVITY, AS ANY SCHOOLKID KNOWS, IS THE INVISIBLE FORCE THAT KEEPS OUR FEET ON THE GROUND. IN HEALTHY ORGANIZATIONS, A SIMILAR FORCE NEEDS TO GUIDE PEOPLE’S ACTIONS, KEEPING THEM GROUNDED AND FOCUSED ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
Running an organization of more than 40,000 individuals, I call this force organizational gravity, and it needs to be more than just a theory.
In a world that is ever more mobile, viral and virtual- “weightless,” in a word- creating this steady pull of reality presents a growing leadership challenge, and one that seems distinctly new in scope. How do you maintain organizational gravity in an environment of stretched reporting lines in which fewer employees than ever report to an office and growing numbers work from home? //Read more.
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