Posts Tagged with "founder"

Reference #466: Organizational Culture and Leadership

Founding acts of leadership must fit the macroculture in which a group operates. A founder succeeds only when their acts fits within the existing cultural conditions.Read more →

Reference #467: Organizational Culture and Leadership

The theory of management of Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, held that groups could make decisions, but individuals must be responsible and accountable for those decisions.Read more →

Reference #469: Organizational Culture and Leadership

While frequent, it is not a given that founders automatically impose their assumptions on the organisations they create. It is possible for a founder to create an organisation that does not depend on her beliefs and values. This depends on the founder's needs to externalise her assumptions.Read more →

Reference #480: Organizational Culture and Leadership

Whereas in the founding stage of an organisation, leaders create culture, in more mature organisations they are constrained by culture.Read more →

Reference #487: Organizational Culture and Leadership

When a mid-stage company whose founder has moved on is faced with a crisis (as slipping performance or an acquisition), a new executive leader is often brought in. This leader can fail in three ways:Read more →