Are you interested in adopting new ways of working in your team... but can't afford a false start?

Are you interested in adopting new ways of working in your team... but can't afford a false start?

Answer the four critical questions before you invest. Skip these questions, and you risk an expensive failure. Answer them, and you cross the threshold to start the journey of shifting your team beyond hierarchy.

The 4 Risks You Face

You know the old hierarchical ways are outdated, but the path forward feels foggy. Most teams skip the diagnostics and preparation and go straight to the training. Here is why that fails.

1. The Idealist Trap

"Will this actually fix our problems?" You love the idea of working beyond hierarchy, but you don't know if these new practices are the right medicine for your specific headaches. Is it worth the disruption? Without a diagnosis, you are just guessing.

2. The Resistance Trap

"Will my team actually get on board?" You might be convinced, but is your team? If you try to force this on them, you will face resistance. You need a way to let them taste the new way of working and prove it to themselves without high-pressure stakes. Do some free low-risk experiments to get a proof of concept to see if people are willing to give it a go.

3. The 'Not Right Now' Trap

"Is my team ready?" There is never a "perfect" time, but there are definitely wrong times. If you launch a transformation when your team is burned out or unstable, it will fail. You need to know your "Organisational Vital Signs" before you operate. A Readiness Assessment reveals what you need to know.

4. The Not Knowing Trap

"Where do we even start?" You see the destination, but the landscape between here and there is complex. Which practice comes first? Who needs to be involved? Without a guide, it is easy to get lost in the theory and never take practical action.

Cross the Threshold

Our Pilot Support Package

Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to...

Successfully pilot a "Proof of Concept" in your team, validate your team's readiness for self-management, and walk away with a bespoke roadmap tailored to your unique context—all within the next 90 days or less.

Imagine standing on firm ground, holding a map that shows the landscape ahead and where to go next. You no longer have to guess if "self-management" will work for your team—you have real data and feedback from your own colleagues proving it. You have addressed the doubts enough to get started, identified the risks before they became problems, and you have a clear, step-by-step plan to lead your team out of the old way of working and into the new.

Or, you have discovered that it's not a good fit for your team and that you aren't going to waste your time and money trying it. Either way, it's a win!

The 3 Steps at this Threshold

Cross The Threshold is not a training course. It is a Support Package for a Pilot.
We have combined four tools into a simple process to take you from questions to clarity.

What's Included

STEP 1 / PART 1
NEEDS ASSESSMENT

  • Assess what is currently going on in your team to verify if self-management practices are the right cure for your specific pains.

VALUE £150

STEP 1/Part 2
READINESS ASSESSMENT

  • Assesses your team's buy-in, stability and openess to adopt new ways of working together.

VALUE £150

STEP 2
THE BEYOND CLINIC

  • The Game Changer. You and two colleagues get live access to our Q&A clinic for 3 months to test "Proof of Concept" experiments with expert support.

VALUE £171

STEP 3
STRATEGY CALL & ROADMAP

  • 1-hour strategy call to review the results of your team assessments and experiments and create a roadmap for a way forward, or clarity for a decision to not move foward.

VALUE £500

Total Value £971 -> Your Pilot Price £245.

(Note: We don't want to waste anyone's time, so this is priced as a "Loss Leader" to help you start right; and if you end up on one of our trainings, so that we know you'll be a good fit and that the trainings will work for you.


We limit the number of these packages we deliver per month to ensure quality support.)

Nick Osborne

Your Guide

Since the mid-1990s, I have been studying, researching, experimenting with, practising and training people how to improve how they work together in teams and organisations.


I've worked with thousands of people (including as a Partner with
HolacracyOne, the organization that founded Holacracy) and am one of only 7 Holacracy Master Coaches in the world. I have distilled the lessons I've learned into a series of online programmes and expert support.

I lead on projects and work with our Associates/ Apprentices/ peers from a wide network of expertise as needed. Our purpose is to inspire, equip and support Changemakers to make changes by upgrading how well your teams are adapted to surviving and thriving in our complex and changing world.

Nick Osborne, Founder & Lead Trainer, Evolving Organisation

Holacracy for Self-Managing Teams

I have curated and organised my learnings from over 25 years of study (including an MSc in Management Development), research, experimentation, practice, training and consulting using state of the art Social Technologies like:

All into an easily accessible set of step-by-step online programs for teams to follow.

Holacracy for Self-Managing Teams

We Have Worked With

Who Is This For?

For You If

Not For You If

✅ You are in a team of 3+ people.

✅ You are in pain/struggling with some aspects of how things are working in your team.

✅ You sense there must be a better way to do things, but you are not ready to commit to training your team yet.

✅ You are willing to experiment.

✅ You can get the rest of your team to participate in the two assessments and some experiments.

❌ You aren't interested in trying out new things in your team.

❌ You are looking for a passive video course.
❌ You don't have the influence to get your team to participate in two assessments and some experiments.

Who Is This For?

For You If

✅ You are in a team of 3+ people.

✅ You are in pain/struggling with some aspects of how things are working in your team.

✅ You sense there must be a better way to do things, but you are not ready to commit to training your team yet.

✅ You are willing to experiment.

✅ You can get the rest of your team to participate in the two assessments and some experiments.

Not For You If

❌ You aren't interested in trying out new things in your team.

❌ You are looking for a passive video course.
❌ You don't have the influence to get your team to participate in two assessments and some experiments.

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