Self-Organizing Workshops For Organizations
Self-Organizing is a game-changing paradigm. It provides the flexibility and agility for organizations to act quickly on opportunities, while also creating inclusive, engaged cultures.
We are an Industry Pioneer
Empowering your Business
As the first Holacracy® licensee in the United States, WonderWorks was invited to be part of Zappos implementation team in 2013 and trained over 50 of their Holacracy facilitators.
Our Clients
We have implemented customized self-organizing structures into a diverse group of organizations with as many as 8,000 employees (American Express Global Business Travel) to smaller organizations with 10 employees (Kahler Financial), and every size in between from a variety of industries: Technology, Advertising, Healthcare, Retail, and Financial.
We Custom Fit
Self Organizing Structures
WonderWorks knows there is not a one size fits all approach when adopting a self-organizing structure. Every CEO, Founder, and Executive Director’s needs are different, some decide on Holacracy and others select a custom designed self-organizing structure, we support organizations with both types of adoptions. With global experience designing and implementing self-organizing structures, WonderWorks partners with you and your stakeholders to select a system that matches your unique culture and business goals.
Our hands-on, introductory workshops provide your team with a first hand experience of what it would mean to become self-organizing. We guide your team to experience the benefits of self-organizing practices first hand and explore the implementation process.
Your team will learn/discover:
- The different types of self-organizing systems that are available to you and the reasons you would choose one above another
- The types of organizational challenges that self-organizing resolves
- How to effectively participate in experiential tactical and governance meetings processing your real work
- How to identify and process your organization’s implementation challenges
- What types of skills and behaviors your implementation team members would need
- Clear next action steps to continue exploration or start implementation
The Benefits of Self-Organizing
Agile Organizational Structure
Build a culture of “response-agility” (a culture of individuals who take responsibility for adaptable, healthy, and aligned workplace action.)
Accountability and Autonomy
Increase transparency around roles and accountabilities – allow individuals to have greater autonomy over their work and an understanding of when to collaborate.
Harness collective intelligence
Establish meeting practices and operational processes that tap into the collective intelligence of stakeholders to drive innovation.
Our Team
WonderWorks is a California-based company that works globally to support purpose-focused leaders and organizations in achieving their aspirations. Established in 2003, we are an industry leader in high-performing operational structures and conscious cultures.
Anna McGrath
Founder and President
“‘Polite’ and ‘nice’ have outlived their usefulness. Strict hierarchies squash innovation and engagement. It’s time to hit the reset button and start thinking about making a fundamental shift in the way we structure our organizations.”
– Anna McGrath
Find out more about Anna
Anna is a proven thought leader who has pioneered transformational business practices for over two decades. As a dedicated agent of conscious change, she lives and breathes the values and practices of purposeful, positive impact. She loves awakening individual engagement and supporting purpose-focused leaders and organizations.
Her big vision: That every individual may show up fully, live their purpose, and share their creative genius in service of themselves, others, and the planet.
Her expertise: Conscious behavior practices. The Holacracy® Operating system and governance structure. Strategizing triple bottom line business plans (People, Profit, and Planet). Creating and implementing innovative, impactful, and customized solutions for clients. Staying present in the thick of big emotions. Lasering in on the key factors for positive change in leaders and teams. Building and revitalizing authentic business cultures.
Anna has over 20 years of organizational development, senior corporate experience, and sought-after public speaking engagements. Before launching WonderWorks, Anna gained extensive experience in finance and sports management. During her time in the golf industry, Anna spearheaded state-of-the-art updates for a dramatic improvement in sustainability and eco-friendliness.
Her credentials and affiliations:
- Holacracy® Licensee, Holacracy® Certified Coach, and Holacracy® Certified Facilitator
- Hendricks Institute Certified Leadership and Transformation Coach
- Exercising Influence Certified Coach
- Focused Holistic Facilitation Advanced Certification
- Emotional Intelligence Training Certified
- Mediation Training Certified
- Myers Briggs Qualified Instructor
- DDI Certified Leadership and Management Development Facilitator
- PGA of America Business School Graduate at top 5% of Class
- Pachamama Alliance San Francisco Community facilitator and leader
- Conscious Capitalism Bay Area Chapter Co-chair.
Her genius: Sourcing, implementing, and dynamically steering business practices that invite authentic connections, spark autonomy, and align with the highest-leverage concerns.
Her special sauce: Anna is driven by appreciation and authenticity, and she weaves playfulness into every strategic move. Her focus and presence open up wide vistas of possibility, creativity, and innovation. She blends intensity with play, challenge with ease, and real world savvy with soulful vision.
Her Co-Founder reflects: “I have never seen anyone able to translate love into business the way I experience Anna doing. She’s an off-the-charts problem solver. She’s an explorer, a pioneer, constantly opening up space for another solution to show itself. It’s simply amazing to see her in action.”
“There were many aspects of self-organizing that we previously did clear, and I valued pinpointing the specific issues that are the highest priority for us to work on.”
“Anna was a dynamo in her work…quick thinking, warm, focused, very smart and flexible in leadership methods. As the facilitator for our Board retreat, Anna captivated our group and brilliantly guided us through a mountain of issues…motivated us to focus on important details, be accountable for decision making and answer tough questions…all within her allotted time frame. Anna not only delivered in a strong purposeful way, she exceeded our expectations for the day…She came to us ‘highly recommended’ and I most certainly would recommend her to your organization.”