Unboss slides, in English, presenting some of my tools and practical approaches. Used at several companies for internal motivational speeches and for kicking off the implementation of Unboss.

1. UNBOSS
Purpose driven leadership
Erik Korsvik Østergaard
Twitter: @ErikQstergaard #Unboss #leadership
2-May-2014

2. Purpose of today
• Inspiration
• Motivation
• Share learning
The New
Leader
Purpose
Unboss
Motivation Theory

3. ”Happy employees
make happy customers,
who buy more"
- Per Kogut, CEO, NNIT
- Prof. Rosa Chun, IMD, Schweiz

4. Introduction

5. Unboss philosophy
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The Unboss philosophy
redefines the company as
a social network or
community with a
purpose – that is, a
movement
http://www.lederweb.dk/Strategi/Organisationsudvikling/Artikel/100917/Mange-tak-Frederik-W-Taylor--og-farvel
http://www.slideshare.net/cookjeremiah/varrow-madness-2014-jeremiah-keynote-about-culture-and-unboss

6. Unboss philosophy
6
Everything is driven by purpose
Let the employees have influence
on the tasks and the solutions
Everybody is involved We prefer mechanisms over structure

7. Unboss is highly scalable
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Organisation
Vision
Ambition
Strategy
Values
Culture
Project/team
Product
Daily operation
Direction
Deliverables
Involvement
Personal level
Interest and trust
Listening
Sympathy and empathy
Care and understanding
Mindfulness

8. Practical approach

9. It has to make sense
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Purpose
Product
Team
You

10. The 4 P’s
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Purpose Passion Progress Profit
We want both PURPOSE and PROFIT – and the order is important

11. Case: A department with Unboss, inside-out

12. Case: A company

13. Motivation – How?
Autonomy Mastery Purpose Motivation
• Delegation
• No micro-management
• Mandate
• Control over my time
• Right competences
• Right experience
• Right tasks
• Right support
• Time enough (”Bandwith”)
• For the org./business
• For the product/service
• For the team
• For me
• Challenging
• Developing
• Exiting
• Fun
Unboss: Everything is driven by purpose; Let the employees
influence the tasks and the solutions; Everybody is involved;
We prefer mechanisms over structure.
Inspiration from (amongst other):
Kolind og Bøtter: Unboss
Daniel Pink: Drive – The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Simon Sinek
Ole Kassow, Purpose Makers
Alexander Kjerulf, Woohoo Inc.

14. Case: A project with Unboss, inside-out

15. Passion, motivation and happiness at
work
• What makes you tickle?
• Passion is lifelong
• Motivation is periodic
• Happiness at work is chemistry and
culture; results and relations
(Alexander Kjerulf)
Passion
Happiness
at work
Motivation

16. Happiness at work is
chemistry and culture
Dopamin
• Respect and presence
• Listen and help
• Laugh and get coffee
• Results and relations
Oxytocin

17. Case: A company with Unboss, top-down

18. Experiences

19. Mechanisms – How?
- for organisation, department, project
Purpose and
direction
Deliverables
Prioritisation
and tasks
Tasks and
competences
Team
leadership
• Ensure purpose and value with the work and projects
• Set direction, all the time
• ”If it doesn’t make sense, then stop”
• Focus on projects with concrete
deliverables – with agile approach
• Visible status for all activities, with
daily updates
• “Do what is important and urgent”
• ”If it doesn’t make sense, then stop”
• Offer tasks to the group
• Let the employee, who took the task, get the
attention, not me
• Remember, you are still responsible
• Kanban-møde twice a week
• 1:1 meetings every 14. dag
• Focus on motivation (Drive)
• Give praise for progress and
deliverable

22. Does it work?

23. Does it work? Yes!
• Challenges
• Training the employees
• Training your manager
• Training your peers
• Feedback
• Trust
• Transparency
• Presence
• Authentic
• Motivating
• Happiness at work
• Employee rating, 0-100
• Clear goals: 96
• Development of employees: 96
• Delegation: 95
• Collaboration: 94
• Recognising the good result: 93
... but
• And
• Avoid falling back
• KPI’s
• Higher motivation
• Lower sickness
• Boarder involvement
• Lower employee turnover
• Half as many emails
• Half as many tasks

24. How to get started?
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Inside-out Upside-down

25. Critical Success Factors
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Ambassadors with burning passion
A team, who plays along
Strategic anchoring
Readiness for change – also in you

26. It depends on
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27. Closure

28. © Erik Korsvik Østergaard 2014
Inspiration from:
Kolind og Bøtter: Unboss
Daniel Pink: Drive
Simon Sinek
Ole Kassow, Purpose Makers
Alexander Kjerulf, Woohoo Inc.
UNBOSS
Purpose driven leadership
Unboss: Everything is driven by purpose; Let the employees
influence the tasks and the solutions; Everybody is involved;
We prefer mechanisms over structure.

29. UNBOSS
Purpose driven leadership
Erik Korsvik Østergaard
Twitter: @ErikQstergaard #Unboss #leadership
2-May-2014