Story:
Volunteering to Lead

In our group tasks are chosen by our people.

People are encouraged to volunteer to lead projects and others are encouraged to volunteer to join them and support them.

The whole work is self-organized.

When somebody is sick - others volunteer to replace them.

We never talk about authority.

We make sure responsibility is clear - once people have volunteered to lead a task - they are fully accountable!

We don`t want diffusion of responsibility.

But the old rule - there is no responsibility without authority - is gone!

We all lead without authority. We lead through concensus and a win-win attitude and with a lot of respect to what people are good at and what they have passion for and what they like to do.This way we have a motivated team, where everybody is a leader when they choose to, and a follower when they are asked to.