So many misconceptions!

Category: (Mis-) understanding self-management

A self-managed organization is so fundamentally different from a hierarchical organization that as soon as you talk about self-management, most people will have images come up that are very different from you mean.

Boy, there are so many misconceptions around self-management! And for that reason, many organizations head off in a wrong direction at first.   

There is something you can do to avoid this: first, make sure you don't fall for any of the misconceptions.

​Then talk about what self-management is and is not over and over again. Consider this a major new role you'll have to play for a while: relentlessly address the misunderstandings around self-management.

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