Last week Microsoft published its new Future of Work report. As it’s 100+ pages, I thought I’d give you the highlights. Use these as inspiration when thinking about and designing your Future of Work strategy. I also highlight some implications and questions for leaders. Enjoy. …

The short answer: No. Talk to anybody who has ever introduced or been part of a transformation from a traditional hierarchical organization to a flat one, with no bosses and more autonomy, and they’ll tell you that it is not easy. Some don’t want to give up their power: “I…

In the early 2000s, Cali Ressler & Jody Thompson were developing new HR guidelines at Best Buy, the electronics retailer, when they wondered what would happen if Best Buy granted employees 100% freedom and autonomy for managing themselves and their time and, in return expected 100% accountability for producing results. …

Have you come across teams and organizations that fell short of their potential for delivering results? We certainly have. In one example, people on all levels of the organization knew that the hierarchical and departmental mindset and behavior formed the critical obstacle to reaching results. …

If teams manage themselves, what does that mean for managers and leaders? In the last edition of Brave New Leaders, we discussed team self-management and self-leadership. This week we‘ll look into the implications for managers if teams manage themselves. What‘s management anyhow? Wikipedia defines management as “… the act of getting people together…

Maybe. Maybe not. On how to achieve self-leadership. Last week I posted here on LinkedIn that „You need the hierarchy to break the hierarchy. “ I was quoting a leader I had spoken to a while ago, whose organization has successfully transformed towards being self-managed. A reader responded that you…

Why you should care Imagine the following scenario: Your company has 10'000 employees Your average pay is 77'000.- USD per year (that was the median US salary in 2021) You just did an analysis and found out that employees spend 60–70% of their time in meetings You do the math: Your company spends somewhere…

While many organizations haven’t figured out how to solve the puzzle of back to the office or remote or hybrid, it seems clear that at least some portion of hybrid/remote is here to stay. Hopefully. For those who want it. …

You can’t transform into new ways of working by applying the traditional change management principles. After all, they are based on the very same principles you’d like to change. So instead, new principles need to be applied to the transformation itself. This article examines the fundamental principles of how to…