Leadership and The Inversion of Power-1
Visual Workplace Radio: Let the Workplace Speak - A podcast by Gwendolyn D. Galsworth, Ph.D.
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Who has not heard the discussion of employee empowerment begin with the well-worn top/down pyramid and its seeming opposite—the bottom/up pyramid? The question is not which of the two pyramids to reject but rather how do we blend the two into a single framework of excellence. In this week’s show, your host and visual workplace expert, Gwendolyn Galsworth, begins to map out that process and the new paradigm of governance and participation that results. At the heart of that paradigm is the re-distribution of power, beginning with the role of executive as leader and the need to identify, articulate, and drive the company’s vision, mission, values, strategy, systems, resources, and structure. This is the realm of the “what,” the “who,” and the “why.” Contrast this, Galsworth urges, with the bottom-up or empowerment pyramid with its steady value-add level focus on the “how”—operational execution. An effective work culture is perfect blending of the two. Tune in and learn more.
