Four Freedoms: Creating Conditions That Allow Teams to Flourish

Freedom is a core value and aspirational pursuit for people’s professional and personal lives, especially in the 21st century U.S. workplace. But what does this really mean, in practice, for leaders and followers? Which behaviors promote freedom at work, and how do they foster flourishing?

This session introduces Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts’ four-part framework for Freedom at Work:

• Freedom to Be
• Freedom to Become
• Freedom to Fade
• Freedom to Fail

Laura explores workplace structures and leadership practices that foster flourishing at work through exercising these four freedoms. She also delves into the risks and limitations of being, becoming, fading and failing in today’s work organizations. Research suggests that, as leaders support constructive ways of experiencing freedom at work, people of all backgrounds are able to fulfill their collective potential and strengthen their organizations.