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alvaro-triana's picture

Story:
Do we really need a CEO?

By Alvaro Triana
May 20, 2010 at 1:33pm
Summary 

Management committee installed integrated by two founding members

Empowered professionals both internal and external (by contract)

Web based organization

More emphasis in human competences and emotional intelligence for conflict resolution and interpersonal skills that nurture the morale and work environment

Flexible workplace environment based in activity workplace planning

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PDF icon slide management committee governance model ATS.pdf

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matt-shlosberg's picture
June 9, 2010 at 5:19am
Matt Shlosberg

Alvaro,

Good question. I'd be interested to hear of any examples where companies survived without CEOs, if you know of any.

Here's some food for thought: James Parker of Southwest Airlines said that leaders define the mission and the vision and then get out of the way of their people. If the CEO (the leader) has to get out of the way, why do we need him in the first place? Can we setup a structure in which team members explain the vision and the mission to new employees? You would probably need to setup some other checks and balances in place, but I can see how the firm can function without the CEO...

eric-schillinger's picture
May 29, 2010 at 1:22am
Eric Schillinger

Hi Alvaro:
The short answer is that you need a leader to align the people and non-human resources to achieve the strategic goals of the organization. You also need managers to organize the operational processes so that the workers can carry out the tasks.
Eric Schillinger

polly-labarre's picture
May 26, 2010 at 1:47am
Polly LaBarre

Great question! And it's one a CEO here on the site is asking himself: check out MIX Maverick Vineet Nayar (CEO of HCL Technologies) new post on the questions he asks himself on a regular basis. One of them: What would happen if there was no CEO at my company? (Or any company in the world?) His post is here: http://www.managementexchange.com/blog/twenty-questions-i-ask-myself-eve...

What if indeed! It would be great to hear more from you on what you're actually doing to make this work—how you instituted the change, what roadblocks you ran into, what you're doing to promote and support the human side of your organization, and what a "web-based" enterprise really means. Thanks!