The Pendulum Swings All the Way

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In his own experience with a going to hiroku and then in particular, get hub, all three didn't have managers. And at various stages they introduced them for the first time though a givhup,. When they started to introduce them, they had a terrible experience with some of the senior most leadership at the company. But it is funny how the pendulum swings. It doesn't swing back to the middle. It has to swing all the way too. Ok? So your leadership must be flawless. You know, hilocrasy might have been bad, but, like abdication, is better than atrociousness.

Katie Wilde, the VP of Engineering at Ambassador Labs, joins us to spill the tea on Holacracy and decentralized management systems. Find out why these organizational structures don’t work for companies building software and how they can drive your best people away.

Katie also shared how her previous company, Buffer, transitioned from a Holacracy into a strong engineering leadership culture, through goal-oriented 1:1s, effective feedback, and creating a strong sense of responsibility among its leaders.

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