Principles: Purpose – Dialogue – Performance
The principles describe what an organisation does when applying Verksamhetsskap: it places purpose at the centre, makes dialogue a way of working and gives people the conditions they need to perform.
The principles in practice
Each principle offers a concrete direction for how work can be organised, prioritised and followed up. Together, they make Verksamhetsskap® visible in how people, teams and leaders work with purpose.
Let the organisation's core purpose guide how work is organised, prioritised and followed up.
The principle means that purpose becomes the shared starting point for decisions, priorities and follow-up. When purpose is clear, it becomes easier to determine what matters, what to leave out and how to organise the work.
→Read more about Purpose at the centreParticipation emerges when people can influence how work is understood and carried out.
The principle means that dialogue becomes a way to create shared understanding, rather than simply a way to inform. Through dialogue, people can exchange perspectives, understand the purpose together and turn direction into everyday action.
→Read more about Dialogue as a way of workingPeople become more self-directed when they understand their purpose, have a clear mandate to act and feel responsible for the whole.
The principle means that performance is the result of the right conditions. People can perform when they Want, Know, Can, May and Should contribute to the purpose. Performance then becomes a matter of how work is organised, not only of individual motivation.
→Read more about Performance requires the right conditionsNext step
The principles are at their strongest when connected to everyday purpose, meetings, priorities and follow-up. Each principle therefore leads to a page explaining why it exists, how it appears in everyday work and how it connects to Agerus' method and products.