Live Webinar November 20th, 2013 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by American Management Association (REP 1294)
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New Model for Leading at the Speed of Change

Conventional management thought presumes that command-and-control is the most effective way to organize the efforts of large numbers of people, but rapid change and increasing complexity have rendered that model obsolete.

As a result, most managers today lack the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a world where advantage belongs to the fast and the adaptable.

However, there is a small but growing group of managers who are thriving in this time of great change by designing their organizations around the principles and practices of a new and very different model—Wiki Management.

The practitioners of this new model don’t build hierarchies; they build networks. That’s because in a postdigital world, networks are smarter and faster than hierarchies.

Examples of companies that are consciously focused on not building traditional bureaucratic hierarchies include Google, Zappos, Amazon, and Whole Foods.

In addition, there are a handful of established companies that have embraced this paradigm shift such as Procter & Gamble, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, and IBM.

This webcast will explore how today’s most successful companies are using the power of networks to master the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

Using examples from well-known organizations as well as Rod Collins’s experience in leading a highly effective collaborative network inside a larger, more traditional organization, you will discover:

• Using examples from well-known organizations as well as Rod Collins’s experience in leading a highly effective collaborative network inside a larger, more traditional organization, you will discover:
• How to quickly aggregate and leverage your team’s collective intelligence
• How to transition leaders from the role of “boss” to that of facilitator
• How to prioritize “delighting customers” over pleasing bosses
• How to achieve a shared and actionable understanding of the key drivers of business success

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Rod Collins (LinkedIn profile) is the Director of Innovation at Optimity Advisors, and is the former Chief Operating Executive of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program. Collins is also the author of Leadership in a Wiki World: Leveraging Collective Knowledge To Make the Leap To Extraordinary Performance , which won the 2011 EVVY book award for Business/Finance. His latest book is Wiki Management: A Revolutionary New Model for a Rapidly Changing and Collaborative World , For more information, visit Rod’s site.

PDU Category C documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

• 9.3 Develop Project Team
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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