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Episode 77 - Autonomy: striking the right balance
Show Notes
A workplace with autonomy isn’t a utopia where everyone does whatever they want. Autonomy is a journey towards balancing freedom and choice with responsibility and accountability. It needs leaders to facilitate and coaches, and means adopting tools and processes that enable self-regulation.
Jon Barnes is a consultant who has devoted most of his professional life to autonomy and self-managed teams. He helps organisations move towards self-management by coaching teams and working one-on-one with CEOs. For Jon, autonomy is about empowering teams and individuals to make decisions and take ownership of their work while fostering a culture of trust and collaboration.
Takeaways from Dan and Pia
Three reasons to listen
- Gain insights into the concept of autonomy and what it truly means in a workplace setting.
- Understand the myths and misconceptions surrounding autonomy and self-management.
- Learn about different decision-making processes and their effectiveness in organizations.
Episode highlights
- [00:10:57] What is autonomy, and what is it not?
- [00:14:18] Who benefits from autonomy?
- [00:16:16] What decision-making processes really work?
- [00:19:23] Challenges for autonomous team leaders
- [00:22:44] Challenges for autonomous team members
- [00:32:50] How our need for agency changes over time
- [00:37:27] Getting started with creating an autonomous team
- [00:40:07] Takeaways from Dan and Pia
Links
- Connect with Jon via LinkedIn
- Jon’s Inner Management course
- Kick Out Your Boss – Ricardo Semler documentary
- The ups and downs removing the hierarchy from a team – Episode 65 with Tom McLaughlin
- There are no solutions, only trade-offs – Thomas Sowell
- The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play it, by Will Storr
- Locus of control
- Individual identity in teams – Episode 21, with James Prior
- Leave us a voice note
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Meet the guests
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Over the last decade Jon has helped 1000s of leaders, 100s of teams and dozens of organisations adopt progressive ways of working that have transformed their organisations for the 21st century. From mentoring CEOs of billion dollar companies, to helping family run businesses, Jon facilitated change in some of the world's most famous companies including: AirFrance KLM, ITV, Moet Hennesy, Glenmorangie, Etam, Atos, Decathlon, Idemia, EcoAct, TUI, Danone, Pentland, Speedo... and more. Organisational Transformation | Organisational Design | Innovation Process | Organisational Culture | Digital Transformation
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