Why Distributed Leadership is the FUTURE
Jodah and Dan talk with Tech executive Michael Peachey about the concept of distributed leadership in both the tech and higher education sectors. What exactly is distributed leadership and how does one design their organizations to promote a flattened out structure where everyone has the opportunity to step into leadership roles? And how can theories of distributed leadership be used to strengthen EDI initiatives, remote operations, and employee engagement? Finally, what are the dangers of remote operations in the future and how do we train leaders and design organizations to function in a more distributed organizational environment?
ABOUT MICHAEL PEACHEY
Michael builds high-performing, low-drama, user experience and product teams with a focus on enterprise and consumer software in organizations from startups working to find their initial product-market fit to multi-billion dollar revenue public companies. I knew Michael when he was leading user experience design at TIBCO software, working with him on a global team of onsite and remote designers that he had built, starting with the first UX hire. Since then, Michael has continued to work at the intersection of product design and development in cybersecurity at Sumo Logic and ZeroWall, and in remote employee collaboration at RingCentral. Michael is a frequent contributor on the future of work and has a keen fascination with leadership at a distance, a topic which has become even more critical in a post-COVID world of hybrid work.
CONTACT MICHAEL PEACHEY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peachey/
TIMESTAMPS
3:29 - What is distributed leadership?
6:29 - Directionality and distributed leadership
7:14 - Determining when a distributed model is useful and when it is not
10:36 - Crisis management and command and control leadership
13:55 - Differences between distributed leadership and 20th century hierarchies
15:19 - What value will distributed leadership give us?
16:58 - Distributed leadership & complexity
19:03 - The power of story in leadership
20:40 - Michael’s favorite organizational leadership story
22:34 - The group mind is superior to the individual mind
24:10 - The occult and the egregore
27:24 - Distributed leadership in the tech sector
29:24 - How to convince leaders to embrace distributed leadership? And the importance of defining roles.
33:17 - distributed leadership in complex organizations like higher education institutions
36:00 Difference between micro and macro managing
39:36 - Fuzzy direction in post COVID world
43:45 - Distributed leadership in a physically distributed, remote work environment
45:45 - Leaders need soft skills to thrive in a distributed environment
48:34- Distributed leadership and impact of efficiencies and speed
50:37 - Dan’s monologue about remote work during COVID and the future
53:13 - Importance of leading with intentionality
55:11 - Importance of workplace friendships and mentors
1:00:00 - Getting trained on soft skills
1:06:00 - What’s the future with in-person v remote work?
1:23:00 - How tp contact Michael Peachey
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