Having an effective peer group, especially in middle management, might be harder than you think.
Great article. The first time I even thought about my peer group, was when I read 'The 5 dysfunctions of a team'.
It mentioned an interesting phenomena. When asking managers, "who is on your team"?
Everybody starts listing their subordinates, never their peers.
But a strange picture emerges if we go from the top of the pyramid down.
- The CEO's team is the executives.
- Each executive's team is with their subordinates
- e.g., the VP R&D's team is the team leaders.
- Each team leader's team is his developers.
This structure causes a 'silos' work - no knowledge sharing and ineffective communication.
Great framework for 'attacking' this problem!
Thank you for writing this and giving ideas to try. Gonna spread the word.
This is real world case. Good advices that I'll try to follow up! Thanks!
Thank you to Nik for spotting a typo, which I've now fixed!
Great article. The first time I even thought about my peer group, was when I read 'The 5 dysfunctions of a team'.
It mentioned an interesting phenomena. When asking managers, "who is on your team"?
Everybody starts listing their subordinates, never their peers.
But a strange picture emerges if we go from the top of the pyramid down.
- The CEO's team is the executives.
- Each executive's team is with their subordinates
- e.g., the VP R&D's team is the team leaders.
- Each team leader's team is his developers.
This structure causes a 'silos' work - no knowledge sharing and ineffective communication.
Great framework for 'attacking' this problem!
Thank you for writing this and giving ideas to try. Gonna spread the word.
This is real world case. Good advices that I'll try to follow up! Thanks!
Thank you to Nik for spotting a typo, which I've now fixed!