John Featherby
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How do we deal with slackers and underperformers without appraisals?
Spend a lot more time taking responsibility to operate from people’s strengths and a lot less time worrying about how to fix people’s weaknesses. Have supportively delivered, honest conversations? ...
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What is the recommended rhythm and structure of a Teylu?
It is flexible and up to you, but these are our recommendations. Size - 6 people (ish) A Teylu is ideally 4 to 6 people. Anything over 8 people and the number of relational connections starts to be...
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If you have multiple locations, how much of the business does B Lab expect to be covered by the answers?
There are questions in the assessment that have centralised intent - like recycling, eco purchasing etc - but, in reality, are often locally managed. This most frequently shows up in the case of bu...
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What is Shoremount's relationship with B Corp?
Shoremount Shoremount was one of the Founding UK B Corps in 2015. John Featherby - the Founder of Shoremount - was approached in 2013/14 and asked if he would be interested to become involved with ...
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What is "command-and-control" management?
"Command-and-control" is the phrase informally used to describe the status quo style of leadership that exists within modern organisations: it emerges from the predict-and-control worldview (see: "...
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How should we redesign a performance appraisal system?
The challenge is not simply to redesign a single form or process. If we do that we are likely to end up with more of the same. The challenge is to reimagine a very different way of engaging with ou...
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What format do you use in the first meeting of a new Teylu?
If you are a new group of people, you could use the The First Teylu Format to: Introduce the Members to one another Explore shared, Teylu values Discuss why the Teylu has formed Share any hopes an...
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How does being a B Corp, with its legal change requirement, affect your ability to sell the company?
To the best of our knowledge we know of no context where the legal change has negatively affected a company's ability to be sold or raise capital. To the contrary, venture capital and public compa...
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What are some good tips for managing the verification stage?
B Lab analysts are stretched for time. They also feel that if you are legitimately doing the things you say you are, then the evidence shouldn't (generally speaking) be too difficult to illustrate....
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What are Laloux's "Evolutionary Breakthroughs in Human Collaboration"?
Laloux's stages of human development range from Red to Teal. The purpose is to show a trajectory of how humanity has organised itself over the passage of time. The advent and establishment of a new...