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Leadership and Management, Strategy

The Complete Guide To The 5 Types Of Organizational Structures For The Future Of Work

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Over the past few weeks I’ve been writing about various types of organizational structures that either already exist in today’s business landscape or are starting to emerge as viable options for the future of work. I explore each of these structures and concepts in my book The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. Here’s a brief overview of the five types of structures as well as a handy visual the shows you the actual structures of each. […]

Future of work, General Business, Leadership and Management, Strategy

The 5 Types Of Organizational Structures: Part 4, Flatarchies

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This is part four of a five part post that explores various types of organizational structures that either already exist in today’s business landscape or are starting to emerge as viable options for the future of work. Somewhere in between hierarchies and flat organizations lie flatarchies. These types of companies are a little bit of both structures. […]

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Why Freelancers Are Invaluable And How I Work With Them To Run My Business

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The person who designs my creative work I’ve never met, my assistant who helps me run my day to day operations I’ve never met, the guy who handles all my audio and video work I’ve also never met. I work with freelancers every single day to help me with everything from email to presentation design to podcast development. These people are all great at what they do and they all live thousands of miles away from me. […]

General Business, Leadership and Management, Strategy

The 5 Types Of Organizational Structures: Part 1, The Hierarchy

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This is going to be a five part post that explores various types of organizational structures that either already exist in today’s business landscape or are starting to emerge as viable options for the future of work. Each post will explore one of these structures and then I’ll provide a final summary post on all five. These concepts and ideas are taken from my book, The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization. The five types of organizational structures that I will explore are: […]

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Why Do Organizations Work With Freelancers?

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The freelance economy continues to grow but there would be no growth if companies around the world didn’t tap into this on-demand workforce. This isn’t a movement that can simply be started by people who want to become independent, it requires two sides to come together; organizations that need on-demand labor and on-demand professionals who need the organizations to get gigs. This is one of the trends that I’m most excited about over the next 5-10 years, and it will dramatically disrupt how we work and how companies innovate and compete in the future of work! […]

Strategy, The Future in 5

5 Outdated Workplace Practices That Are On Their Way Out!

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The workplace is changing and as a result many organizations are thinking of new ways that they can empower employees to get their jobs done. As with any type of evolution the things that aren’t effective die out and are replaced by something else. In this episode of the #futurein5 I wanted to share 5 workplace practices that I see dying out over the next few years. […]

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HR and IT Are The Two Sexiest Job Functions

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In this episode of the Future in Five I wanted to talk about the two sexiest roles or departments within organizations today. Some of you might disagree with me, and I fully expect that. But, I think that HR and IT are the sexiest departments, and I tell you why in this episode. Tell me, what do you think the sexiest role or department is within an organization? Tune in for the full discussion and let me know!

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What Some Of The World’s Leading Companies Can Teach You About The Future Of Work

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Last week, the FOWCommunity (that I helped created) held our first future of work forum in San Francisco. We had around 40 attendees that were hosted at the corporate offices of Udemy. The goal of the community and the forum is to bring together the world’s most forward thinking organizations to explore what the future of work is going to look like and what companies are doing to adapt. Members include companies such as: Wells Fargo, Whirlpool, MasterCard, Polycom, Kohl’s, AON, PwC, Accenture, Cisco, Sanofi, Agios, and around 30 other companies. Here are the main takeaways.

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