Episode 4
Self-managing teams, with Helen Sanderson MBE
The Happy Manifesto · Henry Stewart, Maureen Egbe
February 22, 202332m 38s
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Show Notes
Wholeness, self-management and evolutionary purpose are three core principles that changed Helen Sanderson’s view on teams.
Helen Sanderson’s MBE is the founder of Wellbeing Teams, an organisation providing care and support at home. As a self-governing team, they are able to create greater trust and autonomy for employees. But this wasn’t a framework that can just be dropped in:
I thought it was like adding a new app on your phone, but it wasn't; it was transforming the operating system.
Helen’s three tips for happy workplaces
- Increase autonomy and social support.
- Don’t be afraid to talk about feelings at work.
- Be clear about how we want to show up.
Links
- Connect with Helen on LinkedIn
- Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness, by Frederic Laloux
- Wellbeing Teams
- One-page profiles
- Start With Why – Simon Sinek
- Confirmation Practices - rethinking performance management
- The ‘Values’ Bit in Values-based Recruitment
- Dying for a Paycheck, by Jeffrey Pfeffer
- Buurtzorg and the power of self-managed teams of nurses – Lisa Gill’s Leadermorphosis podcast