Organizational Learning stimulates innovation, adaptability, and sustained success. Effective leadership fosters an Organizational Learning culture, as leaders implement strategies that encourage learning at all levels. This article explores specific leadership strategies that promote Organizational Learning.
Our experience thus far has been that while self-organizing teams may enable the organization to operate from day to day without active management, a more integrated organization and more productive teams make the value-add of managers highly transparent and place a premium on specific leadership skills.
From Adam Light, Chris Vike and Diana Larsen. "Teamwork Required: Managing Agile Application Delivery in a Matrix Organization", Cutter Agile Product & Project Management Executive Update, Vol. 12, No. 19. October 2011.
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