I am not a command-and-control leader. Though the hierarchical pyramid works for some, I prefer a framework that invites collaboration, flexibility and balance. This structure radiates decision-making ...

Two years ago, the IT group at my company, a national think tank on workers’ compensation insurance, faced a dilemma. One of the goals we had set for ourselves was to use our website to provide the ...

Matrix management only works with strong leadership and alignment. Otherwise it causes problems that the pressures of a bad economy can cause to fracture altogether. I’m curious to hear your thoughts ...

As AI automates more knowledge work, the organizations that thrive will be those that master human relationships. Matrix organizations present well-known challenges: difficulty influencing across ...

Silos plague our organizations, dividing people who should be working together into separate groups with often different primary allegiances. They also lead to what has been called matrix madness, as ...

In contrast to traditional organization structures that group employees under fairly rigid reporting relationships, a matrix management organizational system groups employees together by work group or ...