This Danish company just got rid of all job titles

This is brilliant: A Danish company called clever has just abolished all job titles.

Instead of a title, all 400 employees now craft a sentence starting with “I am responsible for…” that should accurately describe what they do.

Their CEO Casper Kirketerp-Møller wrote this:

What is a title other than a relic from a former age? An instrument of power invented to create hierarchy. A symbol that we have given more power than it deserves.

We have deluded ourselves that our titles say something about who we are. That we’re worth a little more when it says something fancy on our business cards and LinkedIn profile. But titles don’t serve us well. They boost our ego and self-image – not our self-worth and self-respect. Titles are empty calories that say nothing about the person we are.

Even without a title, you can still advance in your career at Clever and have plenty of chances to get more responsibilities both in your profession and as a leader.They call it career growth forward, not just upward.

I could not agree more. I have previously written about job titles and how they usually say nothing about what people actually do at work but often cause a lot if infighting among employees:

How would you describe your job without a title, starting with the words “I am responsible for…”?

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