Succeed with Self-Managing Teams – One Step at a Time

“Success with Self‑Managing Teams — One Step at a Time” provides leaders with tangible tools for gradually building a more self‑managing team — together with the team, of course. The first part of the book clarifies key concepts, such as the difference between distributed leadership and a self‑managing team. Whether you aim for fully self‑managing teams or prefer to start slowly and apply selected elements, the book guides the reader through a series of useful tools and reflections. What I particularly appreciate is the book’s encouragement that we don’t need to be 100% aligned, that ‘good enough’ is sometimes enough, and that we should become better at experimenting — testing ideas, letting go of what doesn’t work, and strengthening what does. This emphasis on experimentation is especially relevant in real organisational settings, where teams often need to learn their way forward. Whether your goal is to implement self‑managing teams or simply improve collaboration and well‑being in your team, the book provides a set of concrete facilitation tools, almost like a playbook, allowing you to choose what makes the most sense for your context. With this book in hand, there really are no excuses — it’s simply about getting started, one step at a time.