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Why it is Time Now for The Management Shift

Traditional management approaches Emerging management approaches
Key leadership traits: being tough, Key leadership traits: intuition,
controlling, analytical cooperation, being forgiving, risk taking
Charismatic CEO Courageous, humble CEO

Rank your employees Hire self- motivated people with the sense
of purpose
Control rigidly within fixed Allow freedom within agreed overall
framework (changeable) framework
Be a market leader Find a niche and use innovation
Cutting costs Culture based on care, connection and trust
Admire company’s strength Admire company’s soul
Centralized hierarchies Decentralized networks

Profit- making machines Sustainable and socially responsible living
systems
Employees as costs/liabilities Employees as value creators/assets
Short average life expectancy Long average life expectancy
Micromanaging Delegating responsibilities
Low levels of trust and transparency High levels of trust and transparency
Low levels of teamwork and collaboration High levels of teamwork and collaboration
Vertical communication Horizontal communication
Short- term financial performance Long- term performance and making a
positive contribution to the society
Profit from maximizing share prices Profit from passion and purpose
Long lifecycles Short lifecycles
Loyal customers Less loyal customers
Stable prices Unstable prices
Incremental change Discontinuous change
Managed results Sustainable value creation
Focus on functions and departments Focus on cells and networks
Focus on management Focus on leadership
Focus on power Focus on innovation
Focus on incentives Focus on sharing
Focus on status Focus on purpose
Focus on rules Focus on principles and shared values
Structure Flow

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