{"id":1729,"date":"2010-11-17T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2010-07-08T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T05:24:25","slug":"most-of-us-are-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1729","title":{"rendered":"Most of us are Ants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saratoga says that large organizations have an average of 7 to 9 hierarchical levels.\u00a0 This means from the top to the bottom, there are 8 layers of management.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to make some assumptions and say that a lot of these organizations (based on the fact that they are mostly older, more mature organizations), are brick and mortars.\u00a0 The fact of the matter is that while strict hierarchies and chains of command present easier access to good governance processes, I\u2019m not sure they facilitate great connections.\u00a0 Especially at the top levels of the organization, access to conversations can sometimes be quite restricted.\u00a0 ((Reference to ants happened in an actual conversation))<\/p>\n<p>I am reminded about hierarchies and access from sitting in the airport today.\u00a0 Lately I have been getting a lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> activity, and as I sat there updating my profile, connecting to people at many organizational levels, and having conversations through the web, I thought about the juxtaposition of rigid hierarchy versus easy accessibility through Web 2.0.\u00a0 Today\u2019s world and today\u2019s younger workers expect not only to be able to form networks at all levels, but they expect accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>As we develop within organizations, there is probably a realization at some point that very few of us are going to get to that SVP and EVP level.\u00a0 Most of us are going to stay \u201cants\u201d for our careers, and that\u2019s both ok and necessary.\u00a0 But the way we work and shape the future of HR is going to be more about collaboration than rigid hierarchies.\u00a0 The new model simply isn\u2019t going to work with the old model.\u00a0 We no longer believe we\u2019re just worker ants doing the bidding of the hive.\u00a0 We believe we all have ideas and we can contribute.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with all of this is that we need to find a way to combine good collaboration expectations with good governance and decision making.\u00a0 However, millenials don\u2019t really care about the lines drawn between hierarchical levels, and the experience that senior executives have accrued.\u00a0 Collaboration and access don\u2019t correlate to good, sound decision making that is influenced by corporate strategy.\u00a0 We need to find a balance between rigid hierarchies that restrict access and the ability for individuals to work in the new model.<\/p>\n<p>Any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saratoga says that large organizations have an average of 7 to 9 hierarchical levels.\u00a0 This means from the top to the bottom, there are 8 layers of management.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to make some assumptions and say that a lot 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