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Govindh Jayaraman Teaches Us About Leadership

24 Dec 2015 · 1 min

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In this brief talk, Govindh Jayaraman challenges the conventional top‑down view of organizations where the leader sits at the apex and decisions cascade downward. He proposes a reversed, team‑centered structure: the team sits at the top, and leadership, together with core values, flows upward to support the organization. Emphasizing the importance of a strong, centered core—both for individuals and the organization—he argues that such a foundation makes the system resilient and balanced, likening it to the stability achieved through Pilates practice.

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So could you say that again? Actually, a lot of people believe that organizations are set up like this, where the leader's at the top and you're responsible for the entire organization and everything's trickled down. We're right, it's trickled down, but actually organizations look like this, where your team is at the top, everything trickles down to you at the end, which you're supportive of the organization. So you support the organization with leadership And your core values. And the more centered you are on this, the easier it is to balance. Because with all things, right, if you have a strong center, it's, it's hard to be knocked off. It's the same thing with your organization. So have that strong center, that strong core, and then everything else flows from that. It's like Pilates.