Should We Try Self-Management?
This is a fascinating read on an alternative corporate structure, one that values each employee equally and – literally – has no bosses.
"One manifestation of this at Morning Star is that the highest-paid employee makes just six times what the lowest-paid earns (including seasonal hires)—a far cry from the 380-to-1 spread between CEO- and average-worker-pay among the S&P 500."
I have done a lot of reading on alternative organizational structures, including this one, management circles, and significantly flatter hierarchies. They take effort to create, but each organization that fully embraces an alternative model reaps significant benefits in employee loyalty and productivity, not to mention satisfaction.
Even if you aren’t willing to go this far, what steps can you take to better empower your employees? How can they feel more included in the decision-making of your company?
