The 1000 Leader Company
One of the concepts that I teach is that of “distributed leadership.”
I encourage my business clients to set up their firms so that every single employee is taught to see themselves as CEOSBUs: Chief Executive Officer of their own Small Business Unit that rests inside the larger company.
In a sense, my client who owns the enterprise is like an investor in the small business unit that the employee is responsible for running.
An employee who handles customer success then becomes the CEO of a small business unit required to grow sales, manage costs and wow the people who do business with you.
An employee in sales is now the CEO of a little shop that needs to become world-class at confirming deals.
An employee in accounting must now think like the CEO of her own venture so that profits grow and complexity is cut.
So if my client has say one thousand employees everyone becomes a leader of sorts.
The company becomes a 1000 Leader Company.
...leadership isn’t only for those with formal authority. It’s distributed. And everyone needs to think, perform and operate from this frame of reference.
This makes the organization undefeatable in its marketplace.
...because each person is thinking like a leader rather than like an employee.
...because every teammate is behaving like an entrepreneur rather than as a passive bystander.
...because with everyone leading regardless of whether they have a title or not, the firm becomes a widespread victim-free zone.
Hope this message helps you build an extraordinary company and an exceptional movement in these uncertain times.
Kindest wishes,
Robin
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4 年Robin Sharma this is why diving the role of leadership is important. Thank you for sharing this unique idea with us. Leadership is simply a word of power, the end goal is to bear the burden of the success and failure of the entire team. When we divide this responsibility, we have more accountability and less pressure on a single head.
Entrepreneure ?? et Salariée ? J'aide les personnes actives à éradiquer leurs maux quotidiens | Je leur apprends à mieux prendre soin d'elles pour conserver ou retrouver leur bien-être, physique, financier ou spirituel.
4 年Thanks Robin Sharma for this approach of the leadership. And if your company is not ready to implement such mindset why not creating your own turn key business to express your potential and develop new competencies by expanding your business and helping others to do the same ;)
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4 年Leading without a title...officially and articulately!
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4 年delegation of power with sense of ownership/ decision making power for the delegatee! yes, there is deference between an owner( i assume the CEO is the owner of the company because it's his decisions that makes or breaks a company, there is a toothless board of non executives though! ) and an employee! owner owns the company, it's like his own child, he wants it to grow, be successful, more successful, if it is already! on the other, employees do what they are asked to do! creation of 100s of small firms in a big company is bit chaotic IMO! decision making is distributed among the hundreds of mini CEOs, it will interesting to see, what the CEO of the company does! you're the monk who sold his Ferrari, here i'm at odds with you!
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4 年Great advice!