Fish swim in water. Humans swim in hierarchy. Families, volunteer organizations, and workplaces have hierarchy. Like fish with water, we take it as a given. Oddly, the popular management ...

I've talked about several workplace practices and approaches that are quite out-dated and the hierarchy is one of them. According to Wikipedia, "p ossibly the first use of the English word ...

Even where an organisation has an extremely flat hierarchy, there is still a need for individuals and teams to be held responsible and accountable for outcomes. Leaders in these organisations need to ...

Despite our inclination to believe equality within a team or group is important, new research suggests that a built-in hierarchy leads to fewer group conflicts and higher productivity. Teams in ...