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A motivated workforce the Ricardo Semler way – Fresh or Foolish?

By Team Building on December 6, 2010

The idea that staff set their own pay, come and go from the office as they please, all within a business that has no written strategy sounds like a recipe for disaster. Not the story of a company that’s gone from $4m to $160m.

Ricardo Semler

Is this man a management genius or madman?

Semco is no ordinary workplace, despite the fact that it operates in an industry as ordinary as engineering. Before you discount this film as fanciful, first ask yourself “What if you were to adopt just a little of the Semco mindset?”

How might your organisation benefit and what impact would it have on staff morale?

Click here to read the full article on the Guardian website.
Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

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For more resources, see our Library topic Team Building.

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This blog is by Fresh Tracks: Experts in Team Building, Team Development and Staff Conferences
Website: www.freshtracks.co.uk

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