by lori | Sep 30, 2010 | FAQ, Leadership, Learning, Letting Go, Letting Go, Recognizing, Recognizing
An interviewer asked me this question last year—you can still find my response on the Web if you look for it. I’m still fairly satisfied with what I said to him, with one glaring exception. In my three-paragraph answer (good Lord, will I ever be able to say anything... by lori | Sep 22, 2010 | FAQ, Letting Go
Across the differences in the self-organizing work groups I’ve studied and been part of, there are also commonalities. One apparent commonality is the internal experiences that people have (and how people feel) as they let go of these groups. Here are eight internal... by lori | Sep 7, 2010 | FAQ, Letting Go, Recognizing, Recognizing
When your self-organizing work group succeeds in accomplishing the work-of-the-moment that it came into existence to do, it may be obvious that the group needs to end. This has been the case for some of the groups I’ve studied and been part of. But it may also... by lori | Jun 29, 2010 | FAQ, Letting Go, Recognizing
I’ve studied and been part of at least 14 self-organizing work groups in the past 7 years. You don’t have to encourage active participation in self-organizing work groups. They form in response to personally felt needs of the moment, people stay with them until...