Organizations become less leader-centric

• The power of this leader makes authority highly centralized--power resides in one individual. The organization feels stable and secure--it has a clear leader.
• The leader's ego makes him feel special and he feels his organization is special. So, he tries to project an image of success & exclusivity--puffing up and trying to look bigger that its real status would suggest
• Feelings of success and confidence abound. All feel that they are the best and their future is secure.
• All are focused on the hunt--the external challenges that are presented in the industry & marketplace. It is dynamic and exciting world and far from a bureaucracy
• Employees are made to feel that they are part of a family
• Little politics and need for manipulation

Organizations become more bureaucratic & insular

• Particularly if leadership wants a power hierarchy to identify "specialness"
• Management often has a lot to lose so risk taking is reduced
• Management may become more controlling & allows less independence and individuality
• The organization and its management becomes preoccupied with internal issues

Interactions become more impersonal

• There is a loss of family feeling
• Coworkers become less sociable
• Management becomes less supportive of employees
• There is less respect for individual difference and uniqueness and more expected conformity

The organization becomes more political

• Its leaders are less open to sharing information
• Employees are less free in their free expression of ideas and opinions
• Its people are less trusting
• There is less teamwork
• Conflict is dealt with less directly

Making numbers becomes more important than quality

• Management is more stressed
• Employees are having less fun
• Everyone feels lower job satisfaction

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