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We’ve already established that we have a burning platform. Here’s Part 2 of why we’re doing this… Last year, we interviewed leaders across government, nonprofit, and commercial sectors, and it turns out: 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘆. I’ve…

You might be wondering what this decentralization stuff is all about or why we care so much about it.  Good question.  Here’s our answer – part 1. Hierarchy was designed for a different era.  Rooted in military command and control,…

We’ve got another book from the shelf at Eleccion. Have you ever noticed that the larger an organization grows, the slower it gets? We’ve all experienced it: bureaucracy quietly draining initiative, slowing decision-making, and putting distance between people and purpose.…

Another item on the shelf at Eleccion… “What are our corporate strengths?”At Eleccion, this isn’t an abstract exercise or a fixed concept. We believe we are the sum of the gifts and talents of our people – so we take…

On the shelf at Eleccion….Not long ago, we talked about The Speed of Trust, one of the key books each Eleccion employee receives on their first day. We wanted to highlight a couple of others over the next months to share…

Big news! This week we launched a new one-hour session: “Bent Out of Shape: The Hidden Cost of Hierarchy.” In it, we explore how the structures most organizations inherited from the last century can drive unintentional – and unhealthy –…

TRUST: The one thing that changes everything. Stephen M. R. Covey nailed it. Trust is the foundation that high-performing organizations are built on – and when it degrades, everything is at risk. Eleccion is built on trust. Every employee receives…

We have all had coaches in our lives that have made an impact on us.  Whether it was a sports coach, a boss at work, or a personal mentor, coaches play a significant role in how we grow as human…

“Self-management can’t be done on a large scale.”  At least that is what we hear a lot when we talk about revolutionizing the way we approach organizational management.  In fact, it’s probably the number one retort we get when we…

November’s NeXtworking event explored the topic of Holacracy—a method of decentralized management and organizational government–and its rules for organizational self-management. Deanna Doan kicked off the session with a brief explanation of Holacracy and how it works, with a focus on how…