--- title: Perspectives | taking the conversation further | Bruce Peters description: Bruce Peters | Beyond Teal Perspectives --- [![Beyond Teal Logo](https://www.beyondteal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/Beyond_Teal_Logo_sRGB_300x150.png?width=300&name=Beyond_Teal_Logo_sRGB_300x150.png "Beyond Teal Logo")](https://www.beyondteal.com/) - [Home](https://www.beyondteal.com/) - [Blog: Perspectives](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog) - [What is Beyond Teal?](https://www.beyondteal.com/what-is-beyond-teal) - [About Beyond Teal](https://www.beyondteal.com/about-beyond-teal) - [Services](https://www.beyondteal.com/services) - [Bruce Peters](https://www.beyondteal.com/team-bios) - [Beyond Teal Facilitative Leadership Program Description](https://www.beyondteal.com/facilitative-leadership-in-person-program-description) - [Beyond Teal FLP Registration](https://www.beyondteal.com/flp-in-person-registration) - [Beyond Teal FLP Reviews](https://www.beyondteal.com/flp-reviews) - [Executive Leadership Guidance](https://www.beyondteal.com/executive-leadership-guidance) - [Beyond Way™ Guide](https://www.beyondteal.com/beyond-way-guide) - [Beyond Way™ Within](https://www.beyondteal.com/beyond-way-within) - [The Story of U](https://www.beyondteal.com/the-story-of-u) - [Contact Us](https://www.beyondteal.com/contact) - [Beyond Teal Resources](https://www.beyondteal.com/beyond-teal-resources) TRANSFORM Life at Work # ![](https://www.beyondteal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Title_Graphic.png?width=470&height=93&name=Blog_Title_Graphic.png) ## [Does Your Organization Have Teal Traits?](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/does-your-organization-have-teal-traits) Posted by [Bruce Peters](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/author/bruce-peters) [![](https://www.beyondteal.com/hubfs/51rWSjzGsrL._SX335_BO1204203200_.jpg)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/does-your-organization-have-teal-traits) (A Prelude to an Organization Observation Tool) “Can we create organizations that are free from the pathologies that show up all too often in the workplace?” This is the opening question in Frederic Laloux’s game-changing book *Reinventing Organizations,* a 350-page volume dense with historical observation, deep business acumen, and real world answers for modern organizational structure and behavior. It’s a rhetorical question that’s emphasized throughout the book. The answer, of course, is yes … an outlook that I share with Laloux. Applying this question to your own organization starts by looking at the profiles of two hypothetical companies: [Read More](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/does-your-organization-have-teal-traits) Topics: [Beyond Teal](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/beyond-teal), [teal](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/teal), [Bruce Peters](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/bruce-peters), [reinventing organizations](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/reinventing-organizations), [Frederic Laloux](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/frederic-laloux) [All posts](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/all) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [teal (33)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/teal) - [Beyond Teal (31)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/beyond-teal) - [FLP (16)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/flp) - [Leadership (12)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/leadership) - [jump-starting Rochester (8)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/jump-starting-rochester) - [The Third Act (5)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/the-third-act) - [Holacracy (4)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/holacracy) - [Third Act (3)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/third-act) - [leader (3)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/leader) - [relationship (3)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/relationship) - [Followership (2)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/followership) - [Learning Organizations (2)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/learning-organizations) - [Third Act Guide (2)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/third-act-guide) - [Bruce Peters (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/bruce-peters) - [Employee engagement (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/employee-engagement) - [Frederic Laloux (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/frederic-laloux) - [Promises Kept (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/promises-kept) - [Promises Made, (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/promises-made) - [Succession (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/succession) - [conversations (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/conversations) - [lee thayer (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/lee-thayer) - [operating system (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/operating-system) - [reinventing organizations (1)](https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/topic/reinventing-organizations) see all ### Follow Me