Management 3.0

What is Management 3.0?

Management 3.0 is an innovative solution for leaders who are managing talent in agile environments. It is not a framework, but a mindset: a combination of tools, games, and practices that help manage people and the teams that form an organization.

Developed from leadership guru Jurgen Appelo’s first book, Management 3.0 was born from the idea that management should be entering a third phase of maturity. The first phase being Management 1.0, a command and control style of leadership that utilizes a top-down approach, and the second being Management 2.0, an advancement in the realization that people are value assets but one that is still in a very hierarchical structure.

This third phase of Management 3.0 is based on the premise that the management of an organization is too important to be left just to managers. The best approach is to manage the systems, not the people so that, ultimately, everyone is a leader and contributes to their organization’s success.

Management 3.0 is a development model and movement for innovation in leadership. In addition to its basic foundations of Management and Leadership and Complexity Thinking, Management 3.0 is based on a set of six organizational views: Energize People, Empower Teams, Align Constraints, Develop Competence, Grow Structure, and Improve Everything.

Why is it important?

Not only can the old ways of management create an individualized, toxic work environment, they also hinder progress toward a team-based agility mindset. Management 3.0 considers working as a team to achieve an organization’s goals and keeping the happiness of workers as priorities. Happy workers create better products and services. Better products and services make happier customers. Going to work doesn’t have to be work – Management 3.0 can help you embrace a leadership model that promotes agility, increases employee retention, and develops a community that people are excited to work for.

Management 3.0 Courses

Get Management 3.0 Certified

While we teach Management 3.0 to leaders and managers to apply to their work models, students have the option of becoming a Management 3.0 Facilitator by attending our classes and completing additional requirements.

Official Management 3.0 Facilitators have demonstrated their ability to share with others how to manage the complexity of organizations, create and manage self-organized teams, motivate and develop people and define organizational structures capable of adapting to changes. More details are available on the Management 3.0 website.