Your #1 Role: Anarchy Avoidance.
This is the unfortunate truth for many founders, owners and leaders in businesses transitioning from one tier of organisation to the next.
As the organisation grows and becomes more complex, many executives believe that they need to exert more control over the organisation so that it keeps on track.
The opposite is true.
But for most executives and leaders, letting go of control appears riskier and could lead to anarchy, so they do the opposite and restrict innovation and try to control every aspect of the business.
The only thing to grow in this environment is bureaucracy. By trying to avoid anarchy, they encourage bureaucracy and the organisation stagnates under the weight of rules, regulation and measurement that serve no one except those who control the bureaucracy.
There is a natural transition from the entrepreneurial mindset to the command and control mindset which is unnecessary and self-limiting. Being entrepreneurial is about sharing ideas freely, and learning and growing from the experiences. Being entrepreneurial is thinking outside of the box, and expecting the unexpected. It is an innovative way of being.
Then comes the time to systemise and put in processes to monetise the great idea that has shown promise and has proved itself worthy.
The mistake entrepreneurs make at this point is that they then organise for control, to keep things on track and control performance at the expense of being innovative.
Organisations need both innovative behaviour and organised processes to reach their full potential. When an organisation is organised to be innovative as a way of being, the possibilities are limitless.
Sounds interesting? Had you considered organisations could be organised for both at the same time?
If yes, then you are probably in the right place to discover how to bring in structure and process without suppressing innovative behaviour.
As my mentor and colleague, Michael McMaster says… ”You get the results you organise for.”
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Image: A personal photograph of ‘Man Controller of the Universe’ by Diego Rivera, 1934, in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, shortly after the Mexican Revolution the idea of establishing a new republic for Mexico that would distance it from its dictatorial and colonial past.
I educate leaders in the art of designing organisations to become innovative so that they can grow and scale with speed from 5 to 6 to over 7 figures and beyond. By engaging their entire workforce, they are able to bring their vision into reality and make working fun for their entire team. I show you how to rapidly identify and remove the obstacles so that you increase innovative behaviour and create new ways of being at work without you losing control.
What if there was a method for identifying and removing obstacles rapidly from your organisation that once learned could help all of your team to be more innovative and create better solutions quickly. That would radically change how smoothly your business runs and eradicate huge chunks of wasted time spent sorting out people’s problems and overcoming conflict.
Well I have just that methodology and it is called FLIP, Future Leadership Impact Programme and I have been teaching business leaders to achieve these results in six weeks. When Flip is applied to your organisation your team become more engaged, contribute more, become more innovative and feel more fulfilled and valued.