{"id":20916,"date":"2013-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-articles-revisited\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:19:42","slug":"matrix-monday-articles-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-articles-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Monday: articles revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13868\" alt=\"Matrix_Monday(D1) (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Matrix_MondayD1-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Monday is usually &#8216;Matrix Monday&#8217; on the &#8216;Life in a Matrix&#8217; blog. We take a look at, or simply flag up, some of the articles and papers that look at the issues thrown up by matrix working, including research and occasionally some hidden gems.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;re currently revamping the articles area of our website, offering the pages a &#8216;once over&#8217; and making them easier for visitors to access, we&#8217;ve discovered some of our own &#8216;old friends&#8217;, still relevant and still worth a re-read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Engagement:<\/strong> Kevan Hall offers some pointers to make sure remote and office workers stay engaged and on message in this article, which first appeared in\u00a0<cite>\u201cTime to recalibrate expectations in virtual team building\u201d, by Kevan Hall, TrainingZone, August 7, 2013\u00a0<\/cite><a title=\"Recalibration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/recalibrating-expectations-virtual-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recalibrating expectations in virtual teams<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workplace conflict:<\/strong> Workplace conflict is always a thorny issue. But it&#8217;s one that needs thinking about,and needn&#8217;t always be bad, \u00a0as Kevan Hall points out in this article which first appeared\u00a0in TLNT magazine:\u00a0<cite>\u201cHow You Can Turn Workplace Conflict into Meaningful Progress\u201d, by Kevan Hall<a title=\"KH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/about-us\/key-consultants\/kevan-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.<\/a>\u00a0TLNT Magazine, May 27, 2013: <\/cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/turn-workplace-conflict-meaningful-progress\/\">https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/turn-workplace-conflict-meaningful-progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leadership:<\/strong> In this article, which first appeared as\u00a0<cite>&#8220;Can our Leaders be heroes?&#8221; by Kevan Hall on the TrainingZone Leadership Channel, 14 May 2013 <\/cite>, Kevan Hall poses that most management development, rather than helping, \u00a0may create a unhealthy breed of micromanagers: <a title=\"Hero leaders\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/leaders-heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Can our leaders be heroes?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leadership:<\/strong>In a similar vein, Kevan Hall asks <a title=\"Do we expect too much\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/revisiting-matrix-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Do we expect too much of our leaders?&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0in this piece which first appeared as\u00a0<cite>&#8220;Do we expect too much of our leaders?&#8221;, by Kevan Hall. Director Magazine, May 2013.<\/cite><\/li>\n<li><strong>Matrix Management:<\/strong> When People and Strategy wrote this in-depth look &#8220;Revisiting Matrix Management&#8221; it was \u00a0hugely popular. There have been few such thorough indepth looks at the matrix in recent years, and it features articles from leading thinkers on the matrix including Campbell, Galbraith and Hall. It doesn&#8217;t appear elsewhere on the web, and has been made downloadable here with permission from the publishers: <a title=\"Matrix Management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/revisiting-matrix-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revisiting Matrix management<\/a>.<em>\u00a0Note: this piece lead to an article on <a title=\"mgt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/matrix-management-transversal-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;&#8216;Transversal management&#8221; appearing on the Peak Performer blog<\/a>. It&#8217;s not a term that has much traction, but naturally we&#8217;re keeping an eye on things!<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Personal effectiveness:<\/strong> To end today&#8217;s round up, and thought provoking in an entirely different way, is an\u00a0article on the division of home and work life which first appeared as <cite>The Huffington Post: \u201cPower, Morality and Role\u201d by Kevan Hall, Huffington Post, 22 April, 2013: <a title=\"Huffpo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/power-morality-role-huffington-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/articles\/power-morality-role-huffington-post\u00a0<\/a><\/cite><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That should offer you plenty to choose from &#8211; we wish you a happy and productive week!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday is usually &#8216;Matrix Monday&#8217; on the &#8216;Life in a Matrix&#8217; blog. 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