The Organizational Champion Webcast 12 - Is Your Company Upside Down?

Show Notes:

In the News:

Did Professional Management Cause the Fall of GM? (HBR)
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/hbreditors/2009/06/professional_management_and_th.html

Alfred Sloan and The Great GM Mystery

• Alfred Sloan was the Leader of GM from the 1920's through the 1950's
• On paper, Sloan espoused a scientific, strongly hierarchical style of leadership
• In practice, the unintended consequences of that style of leadership led him to lead very differently
• His successors misunderstood this and later led GM into some stormy waters

The Global Enterprise

• What is it
• Why is it valuable
• How do I change my organization?

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