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The bold, brave, intentional path to scaling your business.
In Lead Together, authors Brent lowe, Susan Basterfield and Travis Marsh offer founders, CEOs and other leaders a radical new way of working and scaling a business. Lead Together teaches you the key principles and proven methods to transform top-down leadership into dynamic human systems of shared responsibility and accountability, through the concepts of self-organizing and self-management.
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Handbooks, Playbooks and Blogs
In decentralized teams, and organizations adapting to the emerging "new world of work" are all on a journey of discovery. Working out loud, sharing what we're learning, and documenting the process creates coherence.
In this podcast, Lead Together co-authors Brent Lowe, Susan Basterfield and Travis Marsh share some ways that self-managing organizations can document their processes organically, collaboratively and effectively using handbooks, playbooks and blogs. They discuss: - The purpose of handbooks, playbooks and blogs - How these tools differ in lead together vs traditional organizations - How language helps or hinders the effectiveness of documents Find Lead Together on: http://www.leadtogether.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/lead-together-the-book Find the authors on LinkedIn: Brent Lowe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentloweconnects/Susan Basterfield - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-basterfield-ab8104/Travis Marsh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismarsh/ -
Operating Structures
If your organization's structure is a rigid hierarchy, it will be challenging to make real change. Progressive leaders have experimented with a variety of alternatives, replacing rigid pyramids with agile structures. Three different approaches have stood the test of time, with most teams relying on one particular strategy: parallel team webs, individual contracting or nested teams. There is a hierarchy on each of these paths, but rather than being static, it's dynamic. In this video, Lead Together co-authors Brent Lowe, Susan Basterfield, and Travis Marsh share insights into:
What are operating systems, and how do they work?
Beyond this idea of the traditional hierarchy or pyramid, what are the additional types of operating systems?
Operating philosophies, principles and practices
Find Lead Together on: http://www.leadtogether.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/lead-together-the-book Find the authors on LinkedIn: Brent Lowe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentloweconnects/Susan Basterfield - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-basterfield-ab8104/Travis Marsh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/travismarsh/ -
Rituals
Organizations with established habits and rituals can build a flourishing culture. When we purposely look for rhythms that make the organization stronger, everybody benefits. In this podcast, Lead Together co-authors Brent Lowe, Susan Basterfield and Travis Marsh share their experience and insights on:
How habits/ rituals contribute to company culture and success
Being intentional vs reflexive or reactive with rituals
Retrospectives as a powerful post-project ritual
Identifying when rituals are working and when to end them
For more on the topic, check out Susan's blog on "The Hidden Power of Rituals and Rhythms" - https://www.leadtogether.co/news/the-hidden-power-of-rituals-and-rhythms -
Legal Agreements
Legal agreements are not just about the agreement itself, but also convey a lot about you and your team and your values and should not come from fear. It is meant to put in place values-aligned approaches for addressing future changes, conflicts and crises. Easy to understand, these documents are human-centred, providing certainty and safety.
They discuss:
How do legal agreements reflect values?
Ways that self-managing organizations structure their agreements to incorporate dispute resolution.
And it all starts with a coffee :) -
Clear Roles
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The Path To Resolving Tension
Think of an elastic band. In its natural state, it is tension-free. But as soon as you start pulling at its ends, tension forms. The more you pull, the greater the tension becomes. When you let go, the band flies—how far depends on how much tension was stored up. In this podcast, Lead Together co-authors Brent Lowe, Susan Basterfield and Travis Marsh share insight into resolving interpersonal tension.
They discuss:
The nature of tension
The impact of language in resolving tension
Creating cadence for dealing with tension proactively
Find Lead Together on: http://www.leadtogether.co/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/lead...