3-Hour Virtual Sprint
Building and Managing a Boundaryless Organization
with Dr. Ron Ashkenas
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Overview
Managers who want to succeed in the rapidly changing and unpredictable environments facing most organizations today need to develop their own and their people's capacity to be nimble, fast and flexible-while they continue to deliver results. This seminar will introduce you to the nature of a boundaryless organization; give you the opportunity to diagnose the degree of permeability in your own organization's boundaries; and help you identify possible rapid results initiatives that can make your organization more effective.
Managers who want to succeed in the rapidly changing and unpredictable environments facing most organizations today need to develop their own and their people's capacity to be nimble, fast and flexible-while they continue to deliver results. Doing this requires breaking down four types of boundaries: Vertical boundaries between hierarchical levels of the organization; horizontal boundaries between functions; external boundaries with customers and suppliers; and geographic boundaries between units in different locations. It also requires learning how to shape and sponsor a portfolio of 100-day "rapid results" initiatives that generate measurable results while building the capacity and confidence to continue to change. This seminar will introduce you to the nature of a boundaryless organization; give you the opportunity to diagnose the degree of permeability in your own organization's boundaries; and help you identify possible rapid results initiatives that can make your organization-and you-more effective.
Topics Covered
Defining the Boundaryless Organization
• A new way of thinking about organizations
• The four boundaries that are present in every organization
• Examples of how boundaries impact organizations
• Diagnosing the boundaries in your organization
Creating Capacity for Change is Critical for a Boundaryless Organization
• Everyone needs to be a change agent in a boundaryless organization
• How 100-day rapid results projects create the capacity for change
• Examples of major change through rapid results
Shaping Your Own Rapid Results Projects
• How to carve out 100-day goals from critical strategies
• Elements of a rapid results project
• Shaping your own rapid results project
Putting it All Together: Leadership for a Boundaryless Organization
• Putting together a personal work plan
• Becoming a boundaryless leader
About Our Expert
DR. RON ASHKENAS
MR. RON ASHKENAS, Managing Partner of Robert H. Schaffer & Associates, is an internationally recognized consultant, executive coach, and speaker on organizational transformation. His clients have included Fortune 500 firms, government agencies, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the World Bank, and many other large and medium-sized companies. In addition, Mr. Ashkenas was one of the lead consultants for General Electric's "Work-Out" process, and helped to develop GE Capital's approach to acquisition integration. Mr. Ashkenas holds a masters degree from Harvard University and a doctorate in organizational behavior from Case Western Reserve. Four of his articles on organizational change have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, most recently "Why Good Projects Fail Anyway" (co-authored with Nadim Matta, September, 2003). With Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick and Steve Kerr, he is the co-author of The Boundaryless Organization (Jossey-Bass 1995 and 2002) and The Boundaryless Organization Field Guide (1999); and with Ulrich and Kerr, The GE Work-Out (McGraw Hill, 2002). His latest book, Rapid Results! (co-authored with Robert H. Schaffer and other members of the firm) was published by Jossey-Bass in October, 2005.
Program Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Field of Study: Personal Development
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Field of Study: Personal Development
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