Unprofessionalism
Professional performance is exhausting. Maintaining the mask. Editing ourselves. Pretending we know when we don't.
This podcast is about people who dropped the performance. And what happened next.
Each episode features someone who broke professional conventions and found something better on the other side: the executive who disclosed grief in a corporate setting and found it opened new ways of relating; the coach who realised her authority came from integrity, not compliance; the designer who ignored the 'approved tools' and saved thousands of hours.
Conversations circle around three questions:
- What does it cost us to perform professionalism instead of showing up as ourselves?
- How do we create spaces where people can bring their full attention and humanity to work?
- When is the “unprofessional” move actually the most responsible one?
If you feel the tension between who you are and who you're expected to be at work, this podcast shows you what happens when people stop managing that tension and just stop performing.
Hosted by Dr Myriam Hadnes—behavioural economist and founder of workshops.work. New episode every week.
Unprofessionalism
052 - How to facilitate a transition from power hierarchy to purpose hierarchy - with Heleen Kuiper
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Heleen Kuiper is an expert in the practice of holacracy – a system for shifting organisations and teams towards self-management, helping them to focus on purpose, responsibilities, and getting work done. So, who better to talk to about holacracy than Heleen herself?
It is a fascinating take on facilitation and there are lessons every facilitator can learn from it, regardless of whether they entirely agree with it.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How personal development and organisational development are connected
- How to create team spirit in holacratic systems
- What the differences are between holacratic and traditional facilitation
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Questions and Answers
[01:36] What led you to facilitation and holacracy?
[02:24] Would you call yourself a facilitator?
[03:21] What are the key things you teach people how to facilitate meetings?
[08:05] What is holacracy and what does a meeting look like in a holacratic structure?
[10:25] How do employees in managerial roles react in holacratic meetings?
[13:34] What does an organisation need to commit to in order to work with you?
[17:39] How do employees in managerial roles react if you are helping an organisation move from a hierarchical to a holacratic structure?
[21:48] How do you create warmth and a safe space in a holacratic system?
[26:53] How do you handle trust issues in holacratic meetings?
[29:28] If an employee raised that they felt overworked, how would this be addressed?
[33:43] Does holacracy find its way into your personal life?
[37:17] How do you balance the art of hosting with holacracy?
[38:37] What is your favourite exercise or practice?
[40:28] How do check-ins and holacracy work together?
[43:14] What makes a workshop fail?
[45:00] What do you do if a client has told you their expectations, but the group does not want to work to achieve it?
[50:13] If a listener fell asleep at the start of this episode and has just awoken, what is one thing you would like them to takeaway?
Links to Check
Tactical Meeting Structure (pdf)
Empowerment Dynamic vs Drama Triangle: powerofted.com
Sabotage Line (Dutch only): deepdemocracy.nl/over-deep-democracy/tools-en-methodiek
Connect to Heleen
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