Top Management Team
Each team member has
responsibilities in functional areas but cross-functional
systemic
innovation must also be supported.
CEO
together with the top team must develop the company's
vision,
growth goals and
plans, develop and strengthen the
corporate values and
culture, attract and
retain awesome people in each of their functional areas.
Inspirational Leader: 10 Roles
Inspiring Culture
If you want to encourage extraordinary
performance
from your people, you must create an inspiring corporate culture
to
inspire,
empower
and
energize them.
Inspiring Culture: 5 Key Elements
Employee Empowerment
A successful corporation must be able to craft
a new
partnership-based
relationship with its employees it must be able to live the
ideals of
people power, rather than
merely talk about them.
The Tao of Employee Empowerment
Establishing an Attitude of
Relentless Growth
Establishing an
attitude of relentless growth is what
enables an organization and its people to achieve their goals. The spirit of
relentless growth keeps fresh ideas flowing and reinvigorates your company...
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Cross-Functional Teams
Cross-functional teams can discover and create
synergies.
"While separate departments help
to develop deep knowledge in each functional area, they also make it
difficult to coordinate activities across departmental boundaries.
Organizations often establish
cross-functional teams
to deal with this dilemma."1 Cross-functional teams will also
help you to lead
innovation
and
change through your organization.
Cross-functional Individuals
While cross-functional teams are
key players in defining and implementing incremental innovation projects,
cross-functional disruptive individuals tend to be key players in
defining
radical innovation projects.
They are be able to integrate in a
balanced way different types of know-how that would transform
stand-alone technologies, products and services into a seamless, value-rich
solution.
