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Chris Cowan

Chris Cowan

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Preparing for the Holacracy® Tactical Facilitation Assessment

The best way to prepare for an assessment is to have lots of experience facilitating real people in real ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
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Resolving Authority vs Execution When Defining Roles

What if the person with the authority over the work is different than the person actually doing the work?

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
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Introducing a Holacracy Glossary

Holacracy Practitioner’s Guide

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
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Please Don’t “Collaborate!”

What does “working together” really mean?

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy

Understanding Relational Agreements

Relational agreements are like any form of liberating structure. They impose order on something not to restrict it, but to allow it to more fully flourish.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
5.0

Persuasion is More Powerful than Force

It’s hard to make someone do something they don’t want to do.

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Rules that Can Be Modified in Holacracy v5.0

You need to know that while all of the rules in the Holacracy Constitution are important, they are not ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Prioritizations

In every moment, we prioritize. Sometimes we do it consciously. Sometimes not. But in either case, we pay attention ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Four Hacks Every Holacracy Role-Filler Should Know

OK, calling these hacks is a bit deceptive because they don’t break any rules, but they kinda feel like ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Holacracy Basics: Understanding Purpose

In Holacracy, purpose means “a capacity, potential, or goal that the Role will pursue or express on behalf of ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1, 5.0

Understanding Holacracy Projections (Part 3): Phrases to Watch Out For

a) “Trust me.” In the conventional paradigm, when you ask someone for a projection on something they’re working on, it ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1

Understanding Holacracy Projections (Part 2): Best Practices for Requesting & Giving Rough Estimates

If you’ve read Part 1 of Understanding Projections, then you know projections are one of the most powerful, but ...

Chris Cowan
Chris Cowan
Holacracy
4.1