We seem to be increasingly disillusioned by organizational life. The question I often asked myself is simply “Why” ? Why is work even source of so much suffering ? If not suffering, disengagement ? Why could the corporate world not be a place of fulfillment ? Of expression ? …
Only a leader, who, as a human being, will make the conscious effort to evolve from a fear-based to a trust-based perspective and leadership, will have a profound and lasting impact on his teams, and on the business. By first looking at a very interesting project recently led at and …
“So, what does it look like to be driven, not by fear, but by a higher purpose, a sense of wholeness, our soul? This is the question Frederic Laloux asks in his book “Reinventing Organizations” as he talks about fear-based leadership. And then describes how it would like not to …
As I wrote in “Ecological Leadership” a while back now, business is largely dominated by ‘left-side brain‘ perspectives. Business management practices such as performance management, strategic planning, financially driven strategies and plans, productivity driven initiatives are just few examples. They have been proved to «work» in recent decades and produce …
This FREE ebook is “based on and inspired by “ Frederic Laloux’s book, “Reinventing Organizations”. With “Unleash your team’s natural potential”, my goal is to share what has inspired me and resonated with me as I read Frederic Laloux’s book. Based on my own experience as a manager, I have …
We are reaching the end of our series ! We have discussed several topics from Frederic Laloux’s book. Aspects and attributes that all the researched companies in the book have in common. But a question reminds as many of us might sense a calling for embracing « Evolutionary-Teal » principles, for “going …
Have you ever tried to ask people around you what they think about their company’s mission statement ? If you get an answer (not everyone does even actually remember it !), you will tend to get a rather cynical answer, or neutral at best. But very rarely will you …
How to give feedback on people’s work performance? One of the skills managers seem to be receiving many training on. And yet, I find, possibly one of the least mastered skill. Why is it so difficult for those of us in people management positions to 1. have the courage to …
For many years, I really believed that conflict equaled anger, and that anger led to conflict. I was avoiding conflict as much as possible, mostly because I did not know how to deal with it. Just did not have the skills to properly address conflict and manage anger, mine and …
When trust replaces fear, when we are less attached to our ego (as seen in my previous post), when we feel more connected to others and to a purpose, will a hierarchical pyramid still provide the best organizational structure? From a Teal perspective, the right question is not: how can …