This might not relate to leadership, but I thought it was
important to know that there might be a time that “without a leader” is a
better option for a community.I read an article from a magazine about a company
that doesn't have a leader.
The company’s name was Menlo
Innovations. It is a company that makes rapid growth, and works for developing
software. There are two people of the company, but works nothing differently as
other workers. The company reveals all the coworkers salary in the hall way,
and they actually feel relived about it. Also, they all decide together for a
pay raise, dismissals and all that.
“A research showed that
hierarchy is something that holds down creativity. For a team that are trying
to create something new from a zero, hierarchy becomes an obstacle…What the
team needs is freedom.”
This company was open and
flat. Some people say that people are starting to seek for the enjoyment to
work than the amount of salary. It strays from the issue, but there are a
community that works fine without a leader.
I thought that this should be considered as well
through my studies of leadership.
Thanks for sharing this information about Menlo Innovations. I think you have identified well an ideal leadership structure—when there is no need for leadership at all.
返信削除Hi, Maya ;)
返信削除As Ken mentioned your post in the class, I was really interested in a concept of “without a leader” in particular community/group/company. I searched “Menlo Innovations” on google, and I thought their concept of “without a leader” as everybody taking responsibility and encouraging people to show creativity in their work is interesting and effective for some company to keep their good motivations. However, I wonder “without a leader” directly means a freedom for people in the work. This is because I still think a community/group/company can achieve freedom in terms of creativity with a good leader. Thanks a lot for sharing interesting opinion :)