Made Without Managers: One company’s story of creating a self-managing workplace

“Add Mayden to your list of companies to emulate. This is the remarkable tale of how a multimillion-pound company developed a culture of self-organisation treating everyone like a leader.” - L. David Marquet, bestselling author of Turn the Ship Around!

“Making work more fun is our mission and this is exactly what the people at Mayden are doing. Together they are creating an innovative and fulfilling workplace that everyone can enjoy. Bravo!” - Joost Minnaar, co-founder of Corporate Rebels.

"You will be inspired! Mayden is one of the few companies in the UK that works without managers. How can that work? Find out in this book." - Henry Stewart, chief happiness officer, Happy

"Mayden’s story showcases the importance of empowerment and community in organisational success, and is a must-read for cynics of contemporary organisational life." Professor Stephen Brammer, dean of Bath School of Management

"I love it! Unpretentious and comprehensive, moving and funny, this is a precious resource for other businesses on a similar path." - Lisa Gill, Tuff Leadership Training, Leadermorphosis podcast host

"What Team Mayden has in abundance is a strong connection to their purpose and an equally important empathy with each other - two essential ingredients for today’s ever-changing world." - Paul Goddard, agile coach and certified scrum trainer, Agilify

Can we manage without managers?
Brought to life through the true stories of the real people who work there, Made Without Managers shares one company’s eye-opening experiences of a different way of working.
Concerned that the constraints of conventional line-management structures might stand in the way of exceptional innovation and unrivalled customer service, the team at Mayden decided to break free from traditional approaches to people hierarchies and take a liberating, exciting and sometimes rocky journey into the extraordinary instead.
What they created was a successful, dynamic, future-focused company that no longer relies on an outdated blueprint of traditional hierarchical management to get things done. What they learned can benefit any business that’s looking for more forward-thinking ways of working – ways that have the potential to unlock remarkable levels of empowerment, creativity, collaboration and productivity.
This authentic and compelling account provides an unprecedented opportunity to go behind closed doors and discover the truth about the realities of working in and running a self-managing organisation, directly from the people that have lived and worked through it themselves.
Learn about the pitfalls as well as the possibilities, experience the struggles alongside the successes and shine a light on what it really takes to achieve, prosper, survive and thrive in a business that’s made without managers.