Concerned that the constraints of conventional line-management structures might stand in the way of exceptional innovation and unrivalled customer service, the team at Mayden decided to take a liberating, exciting and sometimes rocky journey into the extraordinary instead. What they created was a successful, dynamic, future-focused company that no longer relies on an outdated blueprint of traditional hierarchical management to get things done. What they learned can benefit any business that’s looking
for more forward-thinking ways of working – ways that have the potential to unlock remarkable levels of empowerment, creativity, collaboration and productivity. This authentic and compelling account provides an unprecedented opportunity to go behind closed doors and discover the truth about the realities of working in and running a self-managing organisation, directly from the people that have lived and worked through it themselves Learn about the pitfalls as well as the possibilities, experience the struggles longside the successes and shine a light on what it really takes to achieve, prosper, survive and thrive in a business that’s made without managers.
This book:-
• Provides first-hand, honest and real life insights into the realities of working in a business with a flat hieracrchy.
• It’s an honest account of the pitfalls andpossibilities of creating, running and working in a self-managing organisation.
• A unique, one-of-a-kind guide to acheiving a self-managing organisation from a company that’s done it and knows what works and what doesn’t.
• Tells the story of self-management from many different viewpoints, from the CEO to work experience placements.
