Course curriculum

  • 1

    Getting Started

  • 2

    Section 1: Introduction to Governance

    • 1.0: What is Governance?

    • 1.1: Governance in Holacracy

    • Additional Resources
  • 3

    Section 2: Elements of Governance

    • 2.0: Elements of Governance
  • 4

    Section 3: Purpose

    • 3.0: What Is Purpose?

    • 3.1: How to Use a Purpose

    • 3.2: How to Use a Purpose - Clarify the Role

    • 3.3: How to Use a Purpose - Unleash Creativity

    • 3.4: How to Use a Purpose - Change the Role's Scope of Care

    • 3.5: Tips for Wording a Purpose

    • Section 3 Quiz

    • Additional Resources
  • 5

    Section 4: Accountabilities

    • 4.0: What are Accountabilities?

    • 4.1: Common Myths About Accountabilities

    • 4.2: Accountabilities Allocate Attention

    • 4.3: "Not Best" Practices - “Collaborating with” Accountabilities

    • 4.4: "Not Best" Practices - “Ensuring” an Outcome

    • 4.5: "Not Best" Practices - “Approving” Accountabilities

    • 4.6: Accountabilities Summary

    • Section 4 Quiz

    • Additional Resources
  • 6

    Section 5: Domains

    • 5.0: What is a Domain?

    • 5.1: Domains Across Circles

    • 5.2: Domains Best Practices

    • 5.3: Don’t Spend Your Domains

    • 5.4: Domains & Policies

    • 5.5: Test - Which of These Statements are Domains?

    • Section 5 Quiz

    • Additional Resources
  • 7

    Section 6: Policies

    • 6.0: What are Policies?

    • 6.1: Creating Policies on Role & Circle Domains

    • 6.2: The Implicit Domain of “Everything”

    • 6.3: Policies Can Only Open or Restrict Access

    • 6.4: Policies in Practice - How to Write Policies

    • 6.5: Policies in Practice - Policies Cannot Require Action

    • 6.6: Policies in Practice - Policies Cannot Govern People

    • 6.7: Policy Tips - Meaning Matters, Not Syntax

    • 6.8: Policy Tips - You Shouldn’t Use “Should”

    • 6.9: Policy Tips - What if Someone Violates a Policy?

    • 6.10: Policy Tips - Using Policies vs. Accountabilities

    • 6.11: Translating Conventional Policies into Holacracy Policies

    • 6.12: Policies Summary

    • Section 6 Quiz

    • Additional Resources
  • 8

    Section 7: Governance Meetings & Process

    • 7.0: What is the Governance Process?

    • 7.1: How to Set Up a Governance Meeting

    • 7.2: Steps of the Governance Process

    • 7.3: Check-In Round

    • 7.4: Administrative Concerns

    • 7.5: Building the Agenda

    • 7.6: Integrative Decision-Making Process

    • 7.7: Present Proposal

    • 7.8: Clarifying Questions

    • 7.9: Reaction Round

    • 7.10: Amend & Clarify

    • 7.11: Objection Round

    • 7.12: Integration

    • 7.13: Closing Round

    • 7.14: Governance Meeting Summary

    • Section 7 Quiz

    • Additional Resources
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    Section 8: Better Understanding the Governance Process

    • 8.0: Better Understanding Objections & Objection Testing

    • 8.1: Objection Criteria #1 - The Proposal Causes Harm

    • 8.2: Objection Criteria #2 - Harm is Created By the Proposal

    • 8.3: Objection Criteria #3 - Harm is Necessarily Caused by the Proposal

    • 8.4: Objection Criteria #4 - The Proposal Limits Your Role(s)

    • 8.5: NVGO (Not Valid Governance Output)

    • 8.6: Better Understanding Integration

    • 8.7: Invalid Proposals

    • 8.8: Common Mistakes - Thinking of Governance as an Escalation

    • 8.9: Common Mistakes - “Let’s Just Agree Outside of Governance”

    • 8.10: Are Your Governance Meetings Too Slow?

    • 8.11: Asynchronous Governance

    • 8.12: Key Takeaways

    • Section 8 Quiz

    • Additional Resources
  • 10

    Course Summary

    • Course Summary
  • 11

    Final Quiz

    • Final Quiz
  • 12

    Additional Resources

    • Additional Resources

    • Governance Meeting Card
  • 13

    Exit Survey

    • Exit Survey

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