Every organisation sits somewhere else
People may communicate honestly with each other while the manager has no idea how to take the lead. Then you hear what is going well and what is not, but you get no direction.
The framework
Five pillars, in this order.
These five pillars form the route. Not as separate parts: each step makes the next one possible. Where you step in depends on where your organisation stands today.
Leadership
Direction. Inspire. Delegate.
Where do you want to go? You set the direction, make roles clear and say out loud what you expect of people.
Clarity
Clear frames. Clear agreements.
You bring people along in what you are planning. Everyone knows what is expected of them and where the lines are.
Honesty
Saying what needs saying.
People name what is going on, give each other feedback and learn from one another. It won't be right first time, and that's fine.
Transparency
Knowing what is really going on.
Only once you communicate honestly can you get processes right. Otherwise people simply bake the noise into the system.
Ownership
Responsibility. Anticipate. Adjust.
People take responsibility, see things coming and adjust on their own. That is when your organisation runs without you.
Why that order
You cannot skip a step.
If people are not yet honest with each other, you do not want them in your processes either. They simply bake the noise into the system: due dates that do not hold, reports prettier than reality. First learn to speak honestly, then sort out the processes.
Do nothing and you stand still while the world moves on.
People, process and tooling together
If you want to grow tenfold you cannot keep working the same way. What runs on a paper form today will not hold at three thousand a day. That asks for different agreements and different systems.
An organisation that runs itself
Not just a team that works on its own, but an organisation that runs on its own. People see things coming and adjust, without you having to step in.
How it works
A year of building together, or one day to get started.
Always inside your own business, with your people and your challenges. Which format fits, we decide in the first conversation.
Duration 12 months
Founder Free Business
The complete programme for you and your managers. In a year we build an organisation that runs the operation itself, so you get time back to run the business.
View the year programmeWhat's included
- A team scan at the start, so you know where you're coming from
- Monthly sessions with you and your managers
- Personal coaching for you as the owner
- A second team scan at the end, so you can see what changed
Or start with a single day.
Everyone pointing the same way, in one day
Because successful teams are no accident. One day with your team to get sharp on where things are heading and who is on the hook for what.
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Want to talk through your situation?
Fifteen minutes on the phone is enough to know whether this fits. If it does not, you will know that too, and you will have a few things to work on yourself.
Yara van LeeuwenProductivity Boosters