Free Range Management

A book by Steve Tauber and Andreas Creten
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The new way of work and management

Leading a team has never been more difficult — or easy. With Free Range Management, you can create an environment where people are truly happy and free to do their best work. Whether you are a first time manager or want to improve the culture of an existing team, look no further.

In this concise manual, Steve Tauber and Andreas Creten have detailed the processes, structure, and approach needed to lead and manage knowledge workers. Inside, you’ll find concrete advice needed to revolutionize your organization from the inside.

Each chapter is laid out smartly with detailed advice, key takeaways, and the recommended first, pragmatic steps in your journey. Welcome to the new way of work and management.

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Free Range Management

Free Range Management can be summed up in two words: create space. The trick is doing that in a way where employees and managers are happy.

What follows is a practical guide to managing knowledge workers, structuring teams, and shaping the work so that an organization can find success.

Although the vast majority of our experience is in software, computing, and IT, knowledge work exists across many disciplines and roles. If you are paid to think, you are a knowledge worker.

This includes not only doctors, politicians, and engineers but also jobs traditionally viewed as low skilled, roles where one must experiment and apply deeper knowledge to get a good result.

  1. Freedom

    Freedom

    Throughout the years, we developed a management style that is rooted in freedom, mainly because we wanted each team member to be able to manage themselves.

  2. Space

    Giving space

    We strive for an environment where each individual can be the best version of themselves while slowly steering them in the right direction. By giving them the space, we allow their creativity and sense of responsibility to flourish.

  3. Tools

    Frameworks & tools

    This book documents what we’ve learned along the way. It’s composed of several chapters, each focused on frameworks and tools needed to create space.

Table of contents

Get a look at all of the content covered in the book. Everything you need to know is inside.

Free Range Management is comprised of 112 tightly edited, highly visual pages designed to teach you everything you need to know about leading a team of knowledge workers — with no unnecessary filler.

  1. Introduction

  2. Assess outcomes

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Become a free range manager...

... and make the teams you work with thrive!

Welcome to the new way of work and management

Each chapter is laid out smartly with detailed guides, key takeaways, and the recommended first, pragmatic steps in your journey.

What’s included

  • 112 pages

  • 9 chapters

  • Handy to-do lists

  • Concrete examples

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€14.99EUR

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Andreas Creten

Authors

Andreas Creten Founder of madewithlove

Andreas Creten is CEO and founder of madewithlove, a remote-first company from Belgium building digital products since 2008 with love, a lot of it. He focuses on helping product companies set up for success by pivoting the organization: to be user-centered, to help employees flourish, and to leverage technology in the best way to optimize for usability, quality, and speed. In his free time, you can find Andreas woodworking or spending time with his wife and three children.

Steve Tauber

Steve Tauber CTO in residence

As a firefighting CTO and lead due diligence auditor, Steve Tauber knows what makes startups succeed or fail. He joins companies to help them through troubling times as they reshape and prepare for the future. In his free time, Steve enjoys reading and writing sci-fi, playing and designing tabletop board games, and spending time with his amazing wife and family. Originally from the US, he now lives in Croatia.