Organize your team with roles
If your job or position does not define you, it often defines your power of decision and action within your organization. Job descriptions help to rigidify processes, specialize and divide work. So what happens when an organization prefers roles to a traditional job description? How do you set up a role-based company, management or team organization? On Holaspirit, work is not divided over job titles but captured in roles that, together, form circles of teams with inspiring purpose and clear acSome readersWhat is Holaspirit?
Holaspirit is a web collaborative platform that helps self-managed teams work effectively with more transparency and clarity. It allows you to visualize and build a dynamic chart of how your organization actually gets work done. It connects Roles (what people are actually doing) in the organization with a clear map of accountabilities into a dynamic organization chart. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/4/1/5/c415f7c7930b8000/screenshot-2025-04-24-at-114211p9lmsSome readersRole Overview
Roles are the building blocks of your organization. They are defined by a purpose, a set of accountabilities, and the members within it. Holaspirit supports a new way of defining responsibilities and getting work done: work is not divided among people but among roles. (https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/440194124/8bf01852b6af7e8c00e8a803/Capture+d%E2%80%99e%CC%81crSome readersThe different types of members
On Holaspirit, you'll find 4 types of members with different permission levels: Users can access all pages, but can't invite members or modify organization settings. Admins can access all pages, invite new members, modify organization settings and view or manage billing information. Inactive members are people inside or outside your organization that you invite to view your governance. Their access remains restricted to a view-only staSome readersStart Guide for Members
🎉 Welcome to Holaspirit! We want you to get settled on Holaspirit as quickly and easily possible, so we made sure that all the important information that you need to take your first steps on the platform can be found in this article. What's on Holaspirit? To help with your day-to-day work, collaboration and transparency, Holaspirit give you access to tools that are easy to use. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/c/4/1/5/c415f7c7930b8000/screenshot-2025-04-24-atSome readersHow can I see my roles?
As a member of a role-based organization, you have probably been assigned to one role or multiple roles. Think of the role description as your guide or map to know the direction that you will be taking in each of your roles. Discover your roles In the left-hand navigation menu, click on the Governance icon, then: Go to the Roles page Click on the My Roles section You get an overview of the roles you currently hold. Each will show the name of the role, what circle the roSome readersUnderstanding Core roles
What's a Core role? 👉 It's a role that is automatically created in all circles of your organization. The difference between core roles and non-core roles is their impact on the organization. Core roles have direct impact on the success of a circle. These roles are essential for a circle to work optimally and are held responsible for the achievement of the circle's purpose. These roles have formal responsibilities in a circle and form the basis of a circle's organizational architecture.Few readersStart Guide for Admins
With all its infinite possibilities, a blank canvas can feel overwhelming. Where to begin? What are you trying to achieve? Mapping your organization to clarify relationships, roles, and responsibilities is a big step. In this guide, we include how you should start mapping your organization, what to document and how to go about doing it. Why mapping your organization? Organizations are constantly changing. Individuals come and go. Work adapts to a shifting market. With so much going on beFew readersCircle Overview
Today, organizations have to reinvent themselves continuously and be dynamic enough to respond appropriately to the challenges they face. There are more and more organizations structured with roles and circles to build a workplace where all people have autonomy, mastery and a sense of purpose. In such organizations, power is distributed among employees, traditional managerial positions are removed, and the remaining jobs are sorted into smaller, autonomous roles with relating responsibilities.Few readersRole Templates Library 📚
Role templates are one of the easiest ways to save time when designing a new organization on Holaspirit. Quickly add personalized templates to your organization’s chart and speed up your design. Roles in Holacracy 4.1 Lead Link 4.1 Purpose: The Lead Link holds the Purpose of the overall Circle. Domains: Role assignments within the Circle. Accountabilities: Structuring the Governance of the Circle to enact its Purpose and Accountabilities. Assigning Partners to tFew readersHolaspirit Glossary of Terms
Unsure what we might mean by one of the terms you've seen on Holaspirit? Here are some quick explanations: Purpose • Circle • Role • Accountability • Domain • Scope • Member Governance • Policy • Core Role • Elected Role • Tension • Proposal Inactive MemberFew readersHow to navigate your chart?
Navigate your chart smoothly and quickly! Never lose your way again thanks to the possibilities covered by moving around your organization's chart. Explore your chart The home page Chart gives you a clear structure of your organization based on roles and circles. You can click on the selected circle to zoom in on its view, so that the zoomed view is kept even when navigating to another app or refreshing the page. What's more, every circle view has its own URL to bFew readers