2014 05-02 Unboss short english Erik Korsvik Østergaard

UNBOSSPurpose driven leadershipErik Korsvik ØstergaardTwitter: @ErikQstergaard #Unboss #leadership

2-May-2014

Purpose of today

• Inspiration• Motivation• Share learning

The New Leader

PurposeUnboss

Motivation Theory

”Happy employeesmake happy customers,

who buy more"- Per Kogut, CEO, NNIT- Prof. Rosa Chun, IMD, Schweiz

Introduction

Unboss philosophy

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The Unboss philosophy redefines the company as

a social network or community with a purpose – that is, a

movement

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Unboss philosophy

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Everything is driven by purpose Let the employees have influenceon the tasks and the solutions

Everybody is involved We prefer mechanisms over structure

Unboss is highly scalable

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Organisation

VisionAmbitionStrategyValuesCulture

Project/team

ProductDaily operationDirectionDeliverablesInvolvement

Personal level

Interest and trustListeningSympathy and empathyCare and understandingMindfulness

Practical approach

It has to make sense

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Purpose

Product

Team

You

The 4 P’s

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Purpose Passion Progress Profit

We want both PURPOSE and PROFIT – and the order is important

Case: A department with Unboss, inside-out

Case: A company

Motivation – How?

Autonomy Mastery Purpose Motivation

• Delegation• No micro-management• Mandate• Control over my time

• Right competences• Right experience• Right tasks• Right support• Time enough

(”Bandwith”)

• For the org./business• For the product/service• For the team• For me

• Challenging• Developing• Exiting• Fun

Unboss: Everything is driven by purpose; Let the employees influence the tasks and the solutions; Everybody is involved; We prefer mechanisms over structure.

Inspiration from (amongst other):Kolind og Bøtter: UnbossDaniel Pink: Drive – The Surprising Truth About What Motivates UsSimon SinekOle Kassow, Purpose MakersAlexander Kjerulf, Woohoo Inc.

Case: A project with Unboss, inside-out

Passion, motivation and happiness at work

• What makes you tickle?• Passion is lifelong• Motivation is periodic• Happiness at work is chemistry and

culture; results and relations(Alexander Kjerulf)

Passion

Happinessat work

Motivation

Happiness at work ischemistry and culture

Dopamin

• Respect and presence• Listen and help• Laugh and get coffee• Results and relations

Oxytocin

Case: A company with Unboss, top-down

Experiences

Mechanisms – How?- for organisation, department, project

Purpose and direction

Deliverables

Prioritisation and tasks

Tasks and competences

Team leadership

• Ensure purpose and value with the work and projects• Set direction, all the time• ”If it doesn’t make sense, then stop”

• Focus on projects with concrete deliverables – with agile approach

• Visible status for all activities, with daily updates

• “Do what is important and urgent” • ”If it doesn’t make sense, then stop”

• Offer tasks to the group• Let the employee, who took the task, get the

attention, not me• Remember, you are still responsible

• Kanban-møde twice a week• 1:1 meetings every 14. dag • Focus on motivation (Drive)• Give praise for progress and

deliverable

Does it work?

Does it work? Yes!

• Challenges• Training the employees• Training your manager• Training your peers

• Feedback• Trust• Transparency• Presence• Authentic• Motivating• Happiness at work

• Employee rating, 0-100• Clear goals: 96• Development of employees: 96• Delegation: 95• Collaboration: 94• Recognising the good result: 93

... but• And

• Avoid falling back

• KPI’s• Higher motivation• Lower sickness• Boarder involvement• Lower employee turnover• Half as many emails• Half as many tasks

How to get started?

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Inside-out Upside-down

Critical Success Factors

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Ambassadors with burning passion

A team, who plays along

Strategic anchoring

Readiness for change – also in you

It depends on

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YOU

Closure

© Erik Korsvik Østergaard 2014

Inspiration from:Kolind og Bøtter: UnbossDaniel Pink: DriveSimon SinekOle Kassow, Purpose MakersAlexander Kjerulf, Woohoo Inc.

UNBOSSPurpose driven leadership

Unboss: Everything is driven by purpose; Let the employees influence the tasks and the solutions; Everybody is involved; We prefer mechanisms over structure.

UNBOSSPurpose driven leadershipErik Korsvik ØstergaardTwitter: @ErikQstergaard #Unboss #leadership

2-May-2014