Moving away from hierarchy doesn’t have to entail a full organizational redesign, though there are many benefits to flatter organizations. It can also be a shift in the quality of our relationships, a move towards collaboration, partnership, and valuing expert power before or as much as positional power. It requires clueing into where power overContinue reading “Hierarchy: Feelings About Change (3 of 3)”
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Hierarchy: Does it Serve the Work? (1 of 3)
Decentralization has been a hot topic of organizational development for decades, but hierarchy still has a stronghold on management and organizations. With millennials becoming the largest (and most racially diverse) generation in the U.S. workforce, and with a rise in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, it seems that organizations are finally thinking critically about hierarchy. Continue reading “Hierarchy: Does it Serve the Work? (1 of 3)”
Cathie Pelchat 