The days of the sophisticated systems of variable compensation are over. Once upon a time, there was a bank that had many, many employees. It was an ambitious bank, one that held itself in high regard. Also, it thought of itself as beautiful and very, very smart, deserving more success…

I sometimes marvel at the boldness of 30-year-olds who publicly claim on LinkedIn to be “life coaches”, “career advisors”, “success consultants”, “senior experts” and the like. The factor of time (and thus: age) cannot be ignored when the matter is the development of mastery and seniority! Knowledge, as many of…

Believe it or not: Every organization has three #structures — not one! Three kinds of #power — not just one! Three #leaderships — not “leaders”! Not because I say so — but because it´s #OrgPhysics! https://medium.com/@NielsPflaeging/org-physics-the-3-faces-of-every-company-df16025f65f8

The #HolacracyFad is over, or at least it is finally coming to an end. To me, the demise of this fad is a relief, as it is to most of you, I suppose. But there are bigger questions that the #HolacracyFad should be raising within our community. These issues affect us all. And now is the best time to look at these questions, in earnest. — Let us look at the broader implications of the #HolacracyFad. What does the willingness of the community to blindly submit to this craze say about our principles, our theories, as well as about our individual values? What does the story of the #HolacracyFad during the last ten years say about…

This question is wrong. — Competition within organizations is neither good, nor bad. Whether internal competition is useful, constructive and appropriate depends on the level on which we let it happen, or on which it is stimulated or suppressed. In other words: There is an organizational domain where competition is good, and where it makes…

Change is not a journey. Never has been. — Trouble is: Change agents around the world have been imagining change as projects, programs, planned exercises to be “kicked off” and “implemented”. We have interpreted change as difficult ventures, endlessly long hikes, and exhaustive trips. No more: Here are 5 key insights into the true nature of change, and into…

How a triad of structures allows companies to absorb complexity — Since the rise of the corporation at the dawn of the industrial age, much has been said and written about leadership, power, and structure in organizations. Some in the field of organizational research believe that developing a coherent theory of leadership is an illusive, even utopian, undertaking. Most practitioners, on…