{"id":20375,"date":"2008-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:35:33","slug":"matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Leadership &#8211; tips for the top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right at the very top of organizations the matrix structure may have relatively little impact \u2013 after all everyone still works for you! This can lead to senior mangers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/blog\/why-senior-managers-underestimate-the-impact-of-a-matrix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">underestimating the degree of difficulty<\/a> their colleagues face in\u00a0matrix management and in making the\u00a0matrix organization structure work in practice.<\/p>\n<p>The role of senior matrix leaders is, however, critical. They need to sponsor the matrix structure, remove barreirs\u00a0and at the same time make sure we only implement the structure in areas where it adds value.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demystifying the matrix and communicating why it exists are critical<\/li>\n<li>They need to remove political and legacy cultural barriers to the success of the matrix structure (including senior managers who cannot adapt to the new style of matrix management)<\/li>\n<li>They need to manage escalation to ensure capability is built at the right level in the matrix.<\/li>\n<li>They need to decide where to build the new matrixed networks and communities that make the matrix structure work<\/li>\n<li>And above all they need to provide clarity on direction \u2013 not the day to day detail but the direction that allows competing priorities further down the matrix organization to be resolved in the interest of the organization as a whole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deeper into the leadership of the organization are the leaders who operate where the matrix reporting lines intersect, we call them the matrixed middle &#8211; more on matrix leadership and matrix management at this level in a future post.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do your senior matrix leaders do a good job of providing this leadership?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matrix Leadership &#8211; tips for the top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matrix Leadership - tips for the top - Global Integration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Matrix Leadership - tips for the top\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matrix Leadership - tips for the top\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Matrix Leadership - tips for the top\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Integration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-07-01T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-21T08:35:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevan Hall\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kevan Hall\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-leadership-tips-for-the-top\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kevan Hall\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ad6577af9c33612e410fbcdc3ff2a9a\"},\"headline\":\"Matrix Leadership &#8211; 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