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The Illusion and Promise of Self-Organizing Teams

Dr. Thomas Juli, PMP®, CSM® i-Sparks & Thomas Juli Empowerment Partners

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Variations of team’s scope and authority

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Manager-led teams

Self-organized

teams

Self-governing

teams

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The Promise & The Illusion of Self-Organizing Teams

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7 factors that make self-organizing teams an illusion

1 - No management support 2 - Avoiding responsibility 3 - Traditional management 4 - Distrust 5 - Disrespect 6 - Impatience 7 - Lack of purpose and vision

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1 - No management support

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Official View

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Actual View

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2- Avoiding team responsibility

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3 - Traditional management or the death of empowerment

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I am the boss!

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4 - Distrust

5 - Disrespect

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5 - Disrespect

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5 - Disrespect

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5 - Disrespect

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5 - Disrespect

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“Players win games, teams win championships.” Bill Taylor

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Nurture Collaboration

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The Good and Evil of Collaboration Tools

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6 - Impatience with continuous improvement

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“Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.” W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993)

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FEEDBACK

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Cultivate Learning

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Fail Early to Learn Quickly

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Fail Early to Learn Quickly Learn from your mistakes

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Fail Early to Learn Quickly

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Fail Early to Learn Quickly

and learn from your successes

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Actively create the conditions for a culture of learning*

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* Note: Farmers don‘t grow crops. They create the conditions for crops to grow.

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7 - Lack of purpose and vision

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The Promise & The Illusion of Self-Organizing Teams

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7 Preconditions for Unleashing the Power of Self-Organizing Teams

1 - Purpose and vision 2 - Passion 3 - Cross-functional teams 4 - Empowerment 5 - Responsibility and accountability 6 - Acknowledgement 7 - Let it happen!

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1 - Develop a compelling purpose and vision of and for your project and team

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Do you know your MVP?

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2 - Nourish passion in your purpose and vision

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Do you know your MVP?

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Do you know your MVP? – Part II

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3 - Develop cross-functional teams

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4 – Empower your team

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Take Small steps

... one at a time

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5 - Team responsibility and accountability

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6 - Acknowledge performance, contributions and results

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and have FUN

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Promote Performance

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7 – Let it happen!

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The Promise of Self-Organizing Teams

7 Success Factors

1 - Purpose and vision 2 - Passion 3 - Cross-functional teams 4 - Empowerment 5 - Responsibility and

accountability 6 - Acknowledgement 7 - Let it happen!

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The Promise of Self-Organizing Teams

7 Success Factors

1 - Purpose and vision 2 - Passion 3 - Cross-functional teams 4 - Empowerment 5 - Responsibility and

accountability 6 - Acknowledgement 7 - Let it happen!

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The Illusion of Self-Organizing Teams

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The Promise & The Illusion of Self-Organizing Teams

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The Promise & The Illusion of Self-Organizing Teams

7 Success Factors

1 - Purpose and vision 2 - Passion 3 - Cross-functional teams 4 - Empowerment 5 - Responsibility and

accountability 6 - Acknowledgement 7 - Let it happen!

7 Failure Factors

1 - No management support 2 - Avoiding responsibility 3 - Traditional management 4 - Distrust 5 - Disrespect 6 - Impatience with continuous

improvement 7 - Lack of purpose and vision

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Your Experience

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Play!

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