"You are not the boss of me?"-a kid's response
I read an interesting article by Jason Fried in which he talks about his company's flat organization. Many companies claim this but often they just mean that there are not many layers of management.
What does flat organization mean to 37Signals? They do not promote great employees to management positions. So what do they do?
A team self-manages. Team members take turns being the manager. This forces everyone to respect the weekly manager because they eventually will be in the role and will need the respect of the team in order to get things done. Brilliant!
I currently happen to be a member of team of four. We have a boss but are mostly self-managed. In different meetings we all take turns being the leader. Not as structured as 37Signals but it works.
However, there is an opening for a team leader and eventually we will have an immediate supervisor. It will mostly likely be one of us. So like 37Signals..show respect and you will get respect.
Today's question is:
"Are you working on a great team?"
I read an interesting article by Jason Fried in which he talks about his company's flat organization. Many companies claim this but often they just mean that there are not many layers of management.
What does flat organization mean to 37Signals? They do not promote great employees to management positions. So what do they do?
A team self-manages. Team members take turns being the manager. This forces everyone to respect the weekly manager because they eventually will be in the role and will need the respect of the team in order to get things done. Brilliant!
I currently happen to be a member of team of four. We have a boss but are mostly self-managed. In different meetings we all take turns being the leader. Not as structured as 37Signals but it works.
However, there is an opening for a team leader and eventually we will have an immediate supervisor. It will mostly likely be one of us. So like 37Signals..show respect and you will get respect.
Today's question is:
"Are you working on a great team?"
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