21 Topics
Lead link not providing information
In our Facilitator practice group we encountered the following. A Partner has a tension that he needs strategic information from the Super Circle to fulfill the purpose of one of his roles. As the Lead Link is not providing this info the Partner wanted to add an Accountability to the Lead Link th...
12/28/2016
Dutch Facilitator Cards
To all the Dutchies out here on the Community. I am happy to inform you that HolacracyOne gave the green light to share with you my Dutch version of the Facilitator cards. Feel free to use them to your advantage. Please follow this link: Facilitatorkaarten_NL (dubbelvouwen en je hebt een mooie ka...
01/17/2017
NEW MEMBERS WANTED: Online practice group
Do you want to practice running a Governance meeting and master the skills of a good Facilitator? Do you want to learn from other Practitioners and get feedback from Holacracy coaches? Join the online practice group. Get feedback on your facilitation skills, learn from others, discuss the Constit...
10/23/2017
Online Practice Group - Tactical Meeting
Although Tactical is not yet part of the Assessment it is a vital part of practicing Holacracy. The quote below from [@mention:449693036223847456] clearly describes this. "While governance is key to Holacracy practice, if that's one's only exposure, it's easy to mistake Holacracy as mostly about ...
02/11/2018
OPG Tactical Meeting - HolaFacelift blog
So we have started. Exciting to see that we have 6 coaches, 1 Facilitator and two Practitioners lined up to practice. Yesterday we started with some tribe space and set up the training environment together. So HolaFaceLift is now a new running company with well-defined roles, running projects and...
03/29/2018
Online Practice Group - Tactical Meeting
Hi Community, We now have five participants for the Tactical Meeting Online Practice Group. We will be simulating a real life company (via GlassFrog) and based on this process Tensions from the assigned roles. Participants range from Practitioner Level to Coach Level and are all there for the lea...
03/19/2018
Lead Link sets priority
The Lead Link has the authority to set relative priorities for the Circle. But if a Lead Link energizes this authority there is no option in GlassFrog to store this and provide insights to the Circle members of this prioritization. [@mention:449833773730792463] : can this be a new feature in Glas...
07/18/2018
Indepth Learning Tools
During the Holacracy Forum I spoke with several people who practice Holacracy in their organizations. Received some great insights and learnings. One thing really triggered me. Several of these people are not aware of the great articles [@mention:455886150941203371] is sharing on medium: https://...
09/15/2018
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Why facilitators from circle members?
Hi Konrad,Welcome to the Holacracy ecosystem. The role of the Facilitator is to safeguard the process. The more he can focus the better. So you are right that having full time facilitators makes perfect sense.The Facilitator role is an elected role from the people in the circle (Core Circle Membe...
11/18/2016
Valid Proposal : Activity clarification
Dear Xavier,The Lead Link of circle A can also appoint you as an additional Core Member for the period you need to do the audit/coaching (article 2.3.4).No Governance needed, no (new) role needed and when you are done the Lead Link can remove the appointment.Also you can ask the Circle Member if ...
11/24/2016
Lead link not providing information
Yes we use Glassfrog but do not use the strategy part of the Circles. So full transparancy is there. All strategy items should be mentioned in the Circle environment in Glassfrog.Thanks.
12/29/2016
Lead link not providing information
[@mention:450538002759581166] / [@mention:449833773917801859]. Thanks for the reply.So, if the LL is not the one to provide the Super Circle strategy and we want to have this on a regular bases the best option is (1) add an accountability to the rep link role as he/she is part of the Super Circle...
12/29/2016
How to create Cross Link in Glassfrog?
Hi Lily,No special way. Just create a roll and name it Cross Link. Might be wise to name it with a reference. Like "Cross Link from Partners" or Cross Link from Finance"
12/21/2016
Urban Development
Dear Elena,Welcome to the forum. Please check out the video below from Brian regarding Holacracy. Instead of running a city like a company Brian at 5.17 in the video explains dynamics of Holacracy with the example of a city.Holacracy: A Radical New Approach to Management | Brian Robertson | TEDxG...
12/27/2016
Dutch Facilitator Cards
[@mention:456449141667144364], jij ook bedankt voor de kaarten. Ga ik lekker doornemen en er mijn voordeel mee doen...
01/24/2017
How to start practicing Holacracy
Dasha, did you also read the book from Brian Robertson about Holacracy? Also a nice thing to read is the Comic Book made by [@mention:449833773917801859]. (http://igipartners.com/en/read...mic-book-free#page-1)My advise is to attend the Practioner Training as this is a great way to learn Holacrac...
02/02/2017
Holacracy in Distributed Teams?
Hello Morgan, several groups are doing that and use tools like Zoom for having their meetings and use Slack for communication. With GlassFrog as your core system for registration and processing of Holacracy you will have the tools available to run distributed teams.
02/09/2017
How to start practicing Holacracy
Dasha, not yet. Just did my assessment for Coach/Facilitator. I am talking with some organizations to maybe start in the near future.
02/03/2017
Meeting Attendance - Voluntary?
Dear Suzanne,In the Constitution article 3.2.2. you find the conceptual text for this. Also 4.2.2. gives a reference for this from Tactical.There is no explicit rule that says you have to attend but in article 1.2.1 there is the responsibility to sense, process and resolve tensions. If you want t...
03/03/2017
Secretary and Facilitator as single Roles?
[@mention:549481866316609505]I guess the reason why the Facilitator and the Secretary are not mentioned is because they are elected from the Partners filling a defined role.The LL is appointed by the Super Circle, The RepLink to the circle is defined by the Sub-Circle and the CrossLink is define...
03/04/2017
Who can fill Elected Roles?
[@mention:553141978014385339]. That is according to 2.5.1 but the Lead Link may according to 2.3.4. appoint additional persons to serve as a Core Circle Member. This person can then be elected as the Facilitator for the Circle.So there can be Partners from outside the Circle as a Facilitator.
03/22/2017
Reaction Round Activities
[@mention:549059653907130620]. Article 3.3.5b provides you the answer:.....Any participant may also ask the Secretary to read the captured Proposal or clarify any existing Governance, during this step or at any other time when the participant is allowed to speak, and the Secretary must do so.
03/23/2017
Who can fill Elected Roles?
[@mention:553141978014385339]. I would keep the election process as is in the Constitution. The Lead Link can inform the Circle upfront that an outside Partner will be part of the Core Cirlce members.All the rules in the Constitution then apply as for all Circle Members. This person can then be e...
03/23/2017
Too small to start?
Fajar Firdaus posted:Reading your feedback regarding my plan , worries me a little bit. So I think I am going to share this feedback to the team and ask them if they are adventurous enough to try. Which I think we are. But I think we will consider looking for coach as well. How to do so in this f...
04/04/2017
Tips for finding tension
[@mention:456308404149183518] Starting groups often have this problem, so no worries. People often feel a tension as being something heavy/drastic. In Holacracy a tension is a felt sense between current reality and a sensed potential. In other words something that you see now and that could be b...
04/21/2017
Holacracy in one sentence
A set of rules which, together, define and structure purpose driven self-organization.
04/30/2017
Query to the Holacracy community
[@mention:558912626610594417] [@mention:493465881837995141]Mike,Ewa Bocain is a certified Coach in Poland and she already provides Holacracy Taster sessions in Poland. She can also discuss with you the question and feeling you have.
05/11/2017
Gamifying Glassfrog
[@mention:528792613988609658]Would love to have the PDF link so I can see the board and game. Have some people interested to learn this way.Also open to provide you all the feedback you need based on their experiences.Cheers and great result.
05/14/2017
Reboot from Scracth
Guess you described the solution yourself. Explain people the correct rules, practice the correct rules and tensions will arise on current Governance. These tensions can then be handled during Governance meeting.What also might help is to invite a Coach after, say a period of 3 months, to do an a...
08/05/2017
4.2.2 Attendance
[@mention:549059653907130620] This article relates to article 3.3.1 which cleary indicates which roles can attend.
08/25/2017
Interpretation
Louis, my answer is also NO. If the Proposer wants to amend his proposal, regardless of the roles he fills during the meeting, this needs to be done in the Amend & Clarify round.Also in the Reaction round the Proposer is the only one not to react. So by changing the Proposal it would be eithe...
10/02/2017
Definition of "tension"
Mikolaj, every gap between the current reality and a potential you sense is a Tension. In the Tactical meeting (art 4.2.3(e)) you see that we triage the Tensions that are on the agenda that has been build.You can express a Tension that is Tactical that comes from an Accountability of one of your ...
09/07/2017
When does a circle gets too large?
Hallo Fajar, I echo what Bernard is saying. On the Project update you might want to do some coaching. Not all Projects need to be on the list. It is only Projects that people feel that need to be shared with others or when a Partner has requested updates (see art. 4.2.2.(d)).So ask the people to ...
10/25/2017
When does a circle gets too large?
Fajar, it is your tension so yes you can process that. I presume that everybody follows the rule only to share progress made since last report (art. 4.2.3.(d).
10/27/2017
Optional accountability
Hi Fajar, in a certain way all Accountabilities are optional as the Role filler himself defines how to energize his/her Roles and Accountabilities.Governance is there to create clarity so if this Role is the one to take the ongoing action then this can be added as an Accountability for this Role....
11/07/2017
Constitution Conversation Online Group
Konrad,Keep me posted. Will be available to join. Always good to discuss the deeper understanding of the Constitution.Cheers, Tom
11/14/2017
Payment Policy
Mikolaj,You can check the H1 spending policy for inspiration: https://app.glassfrog.com/policies/1499644If you type spending in the search box you will find more policies within H1 on spending authority.
11/15/2017
integrated decision making process
[@mention:550889693769022824]: interesting case. As we do not know the objections it is harder to provide you with an answer. First on the integration: You start with P and O1. If they state both that there objection/tension is integrated you use this new Proposal to integrate with O2 and so on (...
12/19/2017
2.4.2 as applied to a Lead Link role
Hallo Keith, interesting question. No clarity on it in the Constitution. Also 2.6.3 implies that the same rules apply, so also the multi filled role (2.4.2) that you address. This means that as long as clarity is not decreasing you may assign multiple people to the LL role. Important in that case...
12/27/2017
Failing To Object Out Of Fear
Hi Keith, I always explain the Objection Round as the round where the Proposer invites the other Partners to help him/her to see if the Proposal will cause the Organization no harm. So raising an Objection is a positive thing that invites the other Partners and the Proposer to have a critical loo...
01/10/2018
Holacracy in Belgium
Sophie, I am Dutch coach who also is open for work in Belgium. If you want to have a reference in Belgium: Mobius (https://www.mobius.eu/nl/) is practicing Holacracy. [@mention:491354494690521557] [@mention:573270378652500913]You can contact me via mulder.tom@live.nl or check www.a-tension.nl
01/24/2018
Resignation from roles
[@mention:577070702037707949]. What you can do is use the employee hiring contract. Make people sign that if the start with the Company they are not entitled to drop role XYZ in the first x (pick a number) years of their contract. This is completely in line with article 2.4.3. ...... unless you'v...
01/29/2018
Resignation from roles
Geoff. I would not care anymore. If the role no longer exists the contract obligation has no value anymore.
01/30/2018
No lead links at all?
Check Article 5.2.2: Acting without a Lead Link in the Anchor Circle.
01/29/2018
No lead links at all?
If you want no Lead Link in any Circle then you need to have Roles or Policies in the Circles that take over the Accountabilities of the Lead Link (see Art. 2.2.3).
01/29/2018
No lead links at all?
[@mention:575944726524854281]. The Lead Link role takes the Strategy as defined in the Super Circle into the Sub-Circle. This way the overal Strategy as defined in the GCC or Anchor Circle is distributed into the Organization. If there are no Lead Links in any Circle then the Accountability needs...
01/30/2018
3.3.1 interpretation
Francesco, the Constitution states what Bernard Marie says (art 3.2) but I agree with you that it is a bit of.One of the main concerns is that these people will not Propose or Object from a role that is part of the Circle and therefor, most of the time, either will have invalid Proposals or Propo...
01/21/2018
Election Eligibility
Hello Jen, cristal clear. According to the rules in the Constitution your statement is correct. 2.3.1. states that each elected Rep Link to the Circle becomes a Core Circle Member of that Circle and 2.5.1 states that all Core Circle Members are eligible for election.Off course in real life this w...
02/28/2018
Happy sharing
02/28/2018
Online Practice Group - Tactical Meeting
So [@mention:577211662873788485], [@mention:548355922639373031], [@mention:550748956143473957], [@mention:577352400502155145] looks like we have a group. Preferred date is on Wednesday 19.30 -20.45.Guess it is now up to us to define a format for this. I will sent an invite for the meeting. If you...
02/21/2018
Election Eligibility
Hi Jen, clarifying question: How did this person got elected in to this role?2.5.1 states that "All Core Circle Members are eligible for election...." but as the Person fills no Roles then I am wondering how he/she was part of the Circle.
02/28/2018
No lead links at all?
Whatever process you feel comfortable and agree upon as a Policy for it. Can imagine a Policy where 2 out of 3 must agree or all three must agree or ..........Do not know if you have focus area's for the 3 partners but than you can use IDM process. The focus holder makes a Strategy Proposal and t...
02/11/2018
Definition of "tension"
Mikolaj, what 1.2.1 states is the definition of a Tension: A gap between current reality and a potential you sense, and where each gap is a Tension.Maybe the Holacracy Wiki helps you with the definitions: http://wiki.holacracy.org/index.php?title=Tension
02/19/2018
Rep Link Role
Yes that is possible. If you are Core Circle member then you are eligible for election in that Circle. No restriction in the Constitution on the number.Guess your second part feels as a Tension that you experience. If the interests compete then it is up to the Role filler, based upon the Purpose,...
03/15/2018
Online Practice Group - Tactical Meeting
[@mention:580449087370309526], group has started and is full. As this is the first time we set up a group for Tactical we are still experimenting. Guess it will be beter for you to wait a little and join later.For practice it is good to have at least some basic knowledge on how the meetings are s...
04/06/2018
Links in Governance
Yes, when you make a post you seen a chain in the upper line. When you select the word guidelines and then press the chain icon you will be able to link it to another URL.
04/08/2018
Who facilitates the facilitator?
Like Bernard Marie says. Some Facilitators ask somebody to replace them and some Facilitators do it themselves. This depends on the level of experience and the personal feeling. Mostly I do it myself with own agendapoints so I can use it as a learning opportunity, like name the role, clearly defi...
04/21/2018
Turn to speak in Tactical?
Hi Jennie, as we are focused on the Tension holder and solve one Tension at a time, the answer is Yes. When the Tension holder says "I got what I need" then the agenda item is closed. Off course like Erik states, the other Partner can always add an Agenda item.Although the Partner may have input ...
04/24/2018
Assigning of roles or shopping
Shammi, the LL holds a domain on this and it is the LL accountability to find the best fit for the open roles. Off course if you want to pitch yourself for a role you are free to do this but it is still up to LL do decide if you are the best fit.To dispose this Domain and Accountability from the ...
06/09/2018
Working remotely
[@mention:449693036337664795]Maybe [@mention:550748956143473957] can share some insights. She works in a fully remote organization for several years now. Also she speak French ;-)
06/13/2018
Unfinished agenda items
No nothing is stored. But one of the responsibilities for the Facilitator is to manage (must attempt) that all items are handled within the defined time for the meeting (art 4.2.2.(e)).If this is not working out then the Facilitator can ask if people want to stay longer to finish the last items (...
06/20/2018
Cascading Domains
[@mention:585798053992261976]. Yes you are right. Article 2.1.3. provide you with the insights and rules.
06/20/2018
Creating a role in more than one team
[@mention:577633875651499938]. What is the Tension behind your question? Maybe there is another pathway that will help you.
06/25/2018
Is Holacracy a kind of democracy
Hi Shammi,If we look at the pillars of Democracy then parts can be seen in Holacracythe right for initiative: everybody can make proposalsthe right to speak: everybody has equal opportunity to speakequality: all roles have the same weight but..... in Holacracy we do not use that the majority vote...
08/19/2018
Is Holacracy a kind of democracy
[@mention:449693036223847456]. Thanks for this clear nuance and explanation.
08/20/2018
Is there such a thing as a "valid" tension ?
As a tension is sensed by a person and this person senses a difference between current reality and how it could be. As we can not judge this feeling all tensions are deemed to be valid. Does that mean that all Tensions result in valid proposals? Guess not.Imagine the following tension: I want all...
09/28/2018
Holacracy Book in Italian
Congrats, Andrea
09/07/2018
Compensation plan
Hi Thom,Start in the search field in the right top corner and use "compensation". You will find several topics on it and also some references to apps about it.Good luck with your research.
09/06/2018
Is there such a thing as a "valid" tension ?
[@mention:581575276097090831] . Your example is why we have criteria for valid proposals (art. 3.2.2 and 3.2.3) .So their tension about modelling an organization based on their personal image is great. But the question remains if this will result into a Valid Proposal. Like in my example it is gr...
10/09/2018
Is it possible to measure Holacracy?
and the Holacracy Competency Model to see where roles are: https://www.holacracy.org/wp-c...petency-Model-v3.pdf
10/09/2018
Project for a circle
Fajar, the LL takes the project from the Super circle into the sub circle. It is the LL role to make sure that it gets done. How the process is set up in the sub circle is up to the sub circle. The LL can put it on the project board of the sub circle and this way gets info to report in Super circ...
10/15/2018
Project for a circle
Fajar, if it is part of the Product Managers accountabilities or it serves the Purpose of the role then no problem in starting a "project" for a client. Just go like a Ferrari. If an other role has a Tension with it then this role can process this and maybe propose a Policy around handling "proje...
10/12/2018
adding projects by lead link!
Shammi, check art 4.1.2 (b). Like Jeff says, any Circle member can ask for a project or next action. As stated in the article the role filler has to accept it if it seems to be reasonable. So no authority for the LL to tell people that they have to do a project or a next action.
10/16/2018
Lead links objection for a new role
Hello Shammi, if the LL feels that it is duplicating the LL can object based on the harm that it will decrease clarity for the Circle.The objection that the LL can not find people is invalid. This about resources, in this case for the LL. This role has, according to the Constitution, the obligati...
12/22/2018
Use of Terms
Hi Oliver,Here is a link to the German translation of the Constitution:https://github.com/holacracyon...olacracy-Verfassung-(in-construction).mdHere is a link with more translations of the Constitution:https://www.holacracy.org/constitution
12/22/2018
Time for asynchronous proposal.
Shammi, there is no set date for this. I always advice my clients to try something and let tensions drive it. My default advice is 5 days but I have seen circles that have less days. Reason for them was that they feel everybody should take this serious and make time for it. If it is safe enough t...
02/15/2019
METRICS REVIEW : What, how and why?
Hi and welcome. Questions during Metrics are only for beter understanding the Metrics (clarifying questions). So a question like "is ...... part of this report" is a good question. If you have questions regarding the content of the report, that is a Tension and need to go to the agenda. Although ...
02/19/2019
Focus in a role assignment
Shami, the Tension is that one role can be filled by multiple people. If the accountabilities of the role stay the same but you want address a specific area of the role then Focus comes in. Like in a Sales role all the Acccount managers have the same accountabilities but serve an other region. So...
01/26/2019
Advice process vs accountability
[@mention:456308404149183518] The question is what is the tension that require the role filler to ask for advice. If the role filler thinks it is wise (I often do that) to ask for advise from an expert role then no rule is holding them back. But the role filler is still free to make his own call ...
12/12/2018
Lead links objection for a new role
Shammi, the answer is No. The Lead Link would then object towards something that is part of the Accountabilities of the role. If the objection comes from the fact that the Lead Link has no time for this then it is NVGO. Resources is not an valid output for Governance. Roles have unlimited time an...
12/21/2018
Strategy and priorities
[@mention:476716727616148334]: Article 4.1.3 (c) Circle Needs Over Individual Goals: You must integrate and align with any official prioritizations or Strategies of the Circle, such as those specified by the Circle’s Lead Link, when assessing how to deploy your time, attention, and other resource...
02/05/2019
Load Balancing Role filller
[@mention:456308404149183518]: In constitution 5.0 there is a article on this. 1.2.3 Supporting AssignmentsAs a Partner, when you serve as Role Lead for a Role, you may assign other people to fill the Role as well as Role Supporters, and you may remove these assignments at any time. A Role Suppor...
02/07/2019
OmniFocus Alternative
Nirvana +1
12/19/2018
Combine meetings
As you mention you have just started so you will discover much work that is not defined yet in Governance. Do not worry. Getting this clarity will help you in the future. For now make sure that you have regular Governances meetings to process it. Also you can use the asynchrone process (see art. ...
12/26/2018
Focus in a role assignment
Nope. I am not saying that Jeff's approach is wrong. Looking at his comment they have made on role with the same accountabilities and made focus areas for holacratic principles, one for "translating" those principles for the uninitiated pyramid-minded vantage of the accreditors, another edits to ...
01/27/2019
Can the lead link also be the lead link?
No, see article 2.5.1 last sentence2.5.1 Elections & EligibilityThe Facilitator of each Circle will facilitate regular elections to elect a Core Circle Member of the Circle into each of its Elected Roles, using the process and rules defined in Article III.All Core Circle Members are eligible ...
03/30/2019