The upside of self-management

Gary Hamel provides suggestions on how unpack self-management in his new book What Matters Now. Why bother? Well, here is the upside of self-management from What Matters Now, pages 223-225:

• More initiative – people do help each other if given the opportunity, initiative flourishes
• More expertise – people do take responsibility for the quality of their work
• More flexibility – people are freer to act in ways that fit best with circumstances
• More collegiality – people don’t need to kiss backsides when there is no pyramid
• More judgment – people do make timely and apposite decisions if allowed to
• More loyalty – people don’t need to move elsewhere when given the chance to grow
• Less overhead – there is no need of managers telling people what to do