{"id":69636,"date":"2015-06-17T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T13:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=69636"},"modified":"2015-06-17T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T13:35:01","slug":"margaret-heffernan-why-its-time-to-forget-the-pecking-order-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=69636","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Heffernan: Why it&#8217;s time to forget the pecking order at work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed-ssl.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Organizations are often run according to \u201cthe superchicken model,\u201d where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn\u2019t what drives the most high-achieving teams. Business leader Margaret Heffernan observes that it is social cohesion \u2014 built every coffee break, every time one team member asks another for help \u2014 that leads over time to great results. It&#8217;s a radical rethink of what drives us to do our best work, and what it means to be a leader. Because as Heffernan points out: \u201cCompanies don\u2019t have ideas. Only people do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizations are often run according to \u201cthe superchicken model,\u201d where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn\u2019t what drives the most high-achieving teams. 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