A Teal Organization is a specific type of management founded among other on people and their own responsibilities and abilities. In this article, we are going to tackle topics around Teal management such as his origin, practice, daily use and tips to implement his methodology in your own company.
Teal management is a working methodology based on cooperation, trust, self-management, and transparency within a professional environment. Its foundation is to simultaneously promote the development of individuals and the collective.
This type of self-managed organization is referred to as “Teal,” named after the color “opale” in French. Unlike more hierarchical organizational types, it isn’t built upon an organizational chart or hierarchy and does not rely on fear or intimidation.
It’s Frédéric Laloux, an expert in international strategy and an independent coach, whom detailed this ideal methodology in his book “Reinventing Organizations” in 2015.
He makes several alarming observations about the functioning of many companies today, noting:
Emphasizing trust, this type of organization is based on three pillars:
We can say that a Teal organization is implemented daily by adhering to several principles. In terms of organization, it requires:
Cédric Nève, the Digiteal’s founder, tells us more about his vision of a Teal organization:
Even before Digiteal started up, we were attracted by a more participative approach that empowers all employees. So we implemented it right from the start.
We want to work for a company that has a purpose that speaks to us: digitizing processes to reduce waste and time loss. We also want to work with colleagues we can all rely on and who are all involved in making improvements within the company, for our customers and for the planet.
Indeed, this type of management offers numerous advantages:
Here are 3 tips to start well in your own organization/company:
Are you convinced by this participatory management approach?
Try rethinking your organization in terms of management using the fine example of Digiteal today.
The book “Reinventing Organizations” by Frédéric Laloux and a video of the author summing up the theme.
See how we adopted Teal practices in our organization and meet the team here .
The podcasts with Cedric, our founder, on Creating a Teal Organization and on the Day to day of Digiteal.
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