Creating a Culture of Empowerment (Twin Cities DrupalCamp 2015)
Creating a Culture of Empowerment: How the open-source philosophy can be applied to management and organizational culture. Drawing on more than 15 years of leadership at Four Kitchens and other creative organizations, Todd Nienkerk will explain why empowerment is the foundation of all successful teams and demonstrate how the open-source philosophy as modeled by the Drupal community can be applied to organizational culture. What is empowerment? Why does it matter? How can an organization create a culture of empowerment? The guiding principles of empowerment: * Build a company you would want to work for. * Give people control over their destiny. * Make trust the center of your culture. How to cultivate empowerment: * Personal brands. You shouldn't be afraid that people will leave. If you’re afraid people will become "too good," then you’re not offering something they want — and you know it. * Go virtual. Allow your team the flexibility to work from home — or anywhere in the world. * Adopt agile methodologies. Allow teams to self-organize around projects and problems. * And much, much more... (This session was delivered at Twin Cities DrupalCamp on June 26, 2015.)
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Creating a Culture of Empowerment (Twin Cities DrupalCamp 2015)
- 1. Twin Cities DrupalCamp | June 26, 2015 Creating a Culture of Empowerment How the open-source philosophy can be applied to management and organizational culture
- 2. Todd Ross Nienkerk Digital Strategist and Partner Four Kitchens @toddross todd@fourkitchens.com
- 3. Before we get started
- 4. I want to help people run better companies by making teams and leaders happier.
- 5. Two snacks per day
- 6. What is culture? 1 32 4 5
- 7. Source: Dictionary.com Culture is “the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a social, ethnic, or age group”
- 8. Culture affects how you think and feel about a group
- 9. What is the culture of the United States? EXPERIMENT
- 22. How did those images make you feel? EXPERIMENT
- 23. Culture has many layers
- 25. What is empowerment? 3 4 51 2
- 26. Source: Dictionary.com Empowerment is “the giving or delegation of power or authority”
- 27. Autonomy to decide what you will do and how you will do it
- 28. Freedom to challenge without fear of reprisal
- 29. Power to affect change
- 32. Empowerment means controlling your destiny.
- 37. The guiding principles of empowerment 1 2 53 4
- 38. Build a company you would want to work for
- 39. Give people control over their destiny
- 40. Make trust the center of your culture
- 41. How to cultivate empowerment 1 2 3 54
- 43. Ask for input every day
- 44. Provide feedback channels that are accessible, non- argumentative, and genuine
- 45. Hire the right people
- 46. Go virtual
- 47. Let your team set their own schedules
- 48. Invest time and money in your team’s success
- 51. Don't tell people how to do things
- 52. Set boundaries beyond what the person currently feels
- 53. Accept that your team knows more about your work than you do
- 54. Constantly exemplify, pursue, and praise empowerment
- 56. When empowered, a person benefits the company, not the other way around.
- 57. Building icon by Albert Rojo
- 58. Building icon by Albert Rojo
- 59. Empowerment makes everyone happier and better at their jobs.
- 60. Questions?
- 61. Thank you! All content in this presentation, except where noted otherwise, is Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 licensed and copyright Four Kitchens, LLC.