No matter how empowering you are as a leader, if you're in a traditional system, empowerment is still inhibited. — Michael DeAngelo

 

In a constantly changing and complex environment, companies need to correctly address new challenges and opportunities. To do this they need an organizational structure that lessens obstacles to meet company goals and achieve work efficiency.

Today on Sustainable, I talk about holacracy, a revolutionary management system that replaces conventional management hierarchy and how it's being implemented to transform organizations in the corporate and non-corporate sectors with Michael DeAngelo.

Michael DeAngelo is an experienced business leader with C level executive experience in different industries including healthcare, entertainment and technology, and natural resources. He's an avid beekeeper and holacracy practitioner from HolacracyOne - a company that practices holacracy and spearheads its development.

We'll be exploring how this structure is helping businesses around the world empower its employees through hierarchy abolishment and leadership distribution.

 

In this episode, Michael talks about:

• What is Holacracy and why is it important?
• The difference between holacracy and traditional management system
• How holacracy works in a practical application
• How Michael self-organize in amplifying individual strengths
• Misconceptions around holacracy and self-management
• How to manage multiple roles within departments
• The “space” for reaction in holacracy management system
• The challenge of implementing holacracy
• Examples of habit that are hard to change
• What company and leader is holacracy good for
• Holacracy in relation to the circular economy and how the two complement each other
• How focusing on Holacracy impacted Michael’s life

 

Connect with Michael:

• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn

More about HolacracyOne:

HolacracyOne is the company spearheading the development of the Holacracy method. It was founded in 2007 by Brian Robertson and Tom . We’re a non-conventional company in many ways: we’re based in the USA but all our business partners work from home. We don’t have any employees, we’re all legal partners in the company, and we’ve adopted Holacracy in our bylaws.

Learn more about HolacracyOne and everything about holacracy here.

 

If you enjoyed this, check out episode 25: Employee Engagement with Aidan Tracey, Home Energy Scotland