Choose your own coach

Schuberg Philis is an innovative business technology company focused on the mission-critical applications that its customers and society rely on 24/7. As Schuberg Philis was growing, the company had to figure out how to keep its coaching model sustainable. Lotta Croiset van Uchelen explores the solution it landed on: every colleague can choose their own boss.

Schuberg Philis is an innovative business technology company focused on the mission-critical applications that its customers and society rely on 24/7. Schuberg Philis’s company culture and organizational structure clearly differs from those at other IT companies. It has no sales department, no HR department, and no managers. Agility is everything—small, independent, multidisciplinary teams of experts pursue a clear goal together. As Schuberg Philis was growing, the company had to figure out how to keep its coaching model sustainable. Lotta Croiset van Uchelen explores the solution it landed on: let every colleague choose their own boss. Lotta covers Schuberg Philis’s transition from a traditional organization to its new form, the coaching and matching model (which includes a self-test and a team “job” interview), and the benefits that Schuberg Philis has realized from this reorganization.