Freedom at Work

Registrations are open for the next Art of Hosting Training in Belgium!
The calling question is: How can we liberate individual creative energy in service of organisational purpose?
We have a long list of interested people, so if you want to be part of this training, I encourage you not to wait, but register soon!

Art of Hosting training: New Leadership in New Times - Percolab [English below] Herken je dit: jouw organisatie heeft een duidelijk en zinvol doel en de mensen waar je mee samen werkt werken echt hard, maar het lijkt de organisatie niet dichter bij haar doel te brengen? Hoe kunnen we individuele creatieve energie bevrijden ten dienste van het doel van de organis...

Here is an opportunity (with little backstory):

One of my clients, the CEO of a regional branch of a big multinational has taken his company pretty far on the journey into the new paradigm of organisational development: freedom based / self-organized / next stage / teal.

No mean feat given the region (Eastern Europe), the industry (retail), the size of his company (17000 people) and the very conservative organisational culture that he inherited only a few years back. He now wants to give back to the field, so we will host together a workshop to support other leaders who want to do the same (but haven't quite worked through their fears & questions).

A big part of this workshop will be his individual&group mentoring of the participants. Another pillar will be the "how to" actually do this work. The mentoring relationship, if needed will continue after the workshop.

This offer is directed towards CEO's and their shareholders/owners primarily.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53a7d5e1e4b0488fb14f7658/t/5a040630652deabdd31f0d10/1510213169530/workshop+invitation.pdf

Beautiful article on self-organisation in the European Commission.

Self-management and public administrations are not a match you say? I met Bernd Reichert at a training I offered in Brussels on Self-management. During introductions everyone was surprised that we had…

Dear Friends,

We are inviting you to a series of workshops we are co-hosting with others in Europe - sharing one approach towards more human and healthy organisations. They are in Prague (Czech republic), Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and Vienna (Austria) in May and June. Please take a look and share this with whoever you feel could benefit.
https://selforganisation.works

self-organization works How can you ignite passion and sustainable commitment in your organisation? Join us for a two-day workshop to learn, be inspired and co-create the next bold steps for your organisation.

"The CEO's Playbook" is FREE on amazon (the ebook) for the next 3 days!
My new publisher will more than double the price later this month (as the release of the paper back is approaching), so I decided to give it away for some days, just before that happens.
Also, If you know anybody who could benefit, please help me spread the word. http://a.co/dJfLW9c

The CEO's Playbook: Turning the Employees You Have into the Dream Team You Always Wanted You love your work and your company, but don’t know what else to do to get your employees to love it, too. They are good people, you know that, but your dream is to be brilliant together. Dedication, passion, joy at work… are these too much to ask for?They’re not!In The CEO

New webinar next week:
Virtual teams... they don't have to be second best, they have special superpowers. And special vulnerabilties. How to bring the best out in a virtual team? Join Gertraud and me to explore!
https://app.webinarjam.net/register/36312/ad81a9e110

WEBINARJAM | Work and play in virtual teams Learn how to bring the best with your virtual team!

I found the perfect description of bureaucracy, and administrative controls in dr. Seuss:

"Oh, the jobs people work at!
Out west near Hawtch-Hawtch
there’s a Hawtch-Hawtcher Bee-Watcher.
His job is to watch…
is to keep both his eyes on the lazy town bee.
A bee that is watched will work harder, you see.

Well… he watched and he watched.
But, in spite of his watch,
that bee didn’t work any harder. Not mawtch.

So then somebody said,
“Our old bee-watching man
just isn’t bee-watching as hard as he can.
He ought to be watched by another Hawtch-Hawtcher!
The thing that we need
is a Bee-Watcher-Watcher!”

Well…

The Bee-Watcher-Watcher watched the Bee-Watcher.
He didn’t watch well. So another Hawtch-Hawtcher
had to come in as a Watch-Watcher-Watcher!
And today all the Hawtchers who live in Hawtch-Hawtch
are watching on Watch-Watcher-Watchering-Watch,
Watch-Watching the Watcher who’s watching that bee.
You’re not a Hawtch-Watcher. You’re lucky, you see!”

― Dr. Seuss, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

What’s Going On with Employee Empowerment? You might have heard that Zappos has been struggling with a highly publicized move towards a “bossless”, self-management structure for…