Welcome
to the future of Teamwork
The way we work is changing. Our ambitions and expectations are high. Keeping teamwork organized can be challenging. Role-up helps teams of all sizes to streamline how they work together.
With Roles.
Try for Free ->What is working with Roles?
- Roles are clearly defined slices of work and decision-making
- Each Role has distinct responsibilities
- Roles are delegated to individuals in a team
Why is working with Roles better?
- Making responsibilities explicit helps teams identify, discuss, and resolve misunderstandings, reducing friction and irritation
- Clarity. You know what to do; others know what to expect
- Experience more ownership of your work
- Have higher job satisfaction
- Feel more valued
- Increase productivity
- Be happier overall
Fewer meetings. Shorter meetings. Increased productivity.
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Team name & mission
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Invite team members
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Role
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List role responsibilities
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Delegate roles to team members
Dedicated tool
Role-up is the tool to organize responsibilities and govern how you work together. It supports small teams to improve their productivity, helps teams to scale without adding unnecessary bureaucracy, and enables large organizations to keep an overview of team members and their responsibilities.
There are many great tools for project management, tracking tasks, or streamlining meetings. We build Role-up to co-exist with the tools you already use.
Makes responsibilities transparent
Role-up makes responsibilities transparent. We provide a dynamic map of your organization, displaying all teams, team members, Roles, and responsibilities.
Is working with Roles for me?
You don't have to be a distributed, self-organizing, or multidisciplinary team to benefit from working Role-based. Roles are intuitive and beneficial in all teams and organizations. Probably, you already have some Roles, even if they are not clearly defined.
Join thousands of organizations worldwide and start using Roles to build agile, self-organizing teams and resilient organizations.
Start-ups
- There is no time for "organization".
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Occasionally, things get done twice.
Sometimes, not at all. - You don't want a traditional hierarchy.
- Many people wear multiple hats, but the hats are not adequately defined.
With Role-up, you can start defining these hats and create some
overview of who does what. Start creating Roles with a few clear
responsibilities to ensure essential things get done.
Role-up is just as agile and dynamic as your organization, so
keeping track of Roles is easy, fast, and visible for everyone. And
new hires are up to speed immediately.
Scale-ups
- You need a resilient organizational structure to keep up with your growth.
- While avoiding corporate symptoms like silos and bureaucracy.
- Grow without losing the entrepreneurial spirit.
- Founders spend too much time on day-to-day management.
With Role-up, you can split the work of overstretched founders into
clearly scoped Roles. These can be delegated to other people so that
founders can focus on leadership and strategy Roles.
Create teams with a clear purpose and specific Roles. Evolve
your organization into a structured, transparent, and resilient
company, not just a larger one.
Development Teams
- All Roles are clear.
- -ish. Not all developers are the same.
- It's annoying that people assume you will do things that are not part of your Role.
- Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups.
With Role-up, you replace assumptions with a shared single source of
truth. In only one hour per month, you can make responsibilities
explicit together. This will help your team to identify, discuss, and
resolve misunderstandings, reduce friction, and prevent irritation.
With Role-up, you don't have to discuss it all the time. And when
someone joins the team, you don't have to start all the talking again.
It's all in Role-up.
Project Teams
- There is a plan and a team. But no teamwork.
- It feels like everyone is working on his own things.
- You are not sure the team is working on the most important things.
- Commitment and ownership could be better.
With Role-up, each team defines a purpose, a team mission. The Roles
you create represent chunks of the work that need doing. This way, you
work on the essential things, and everyone works towards a shared
goal.
Defining a team purpose increases productivity and effectiveness. It
motivates team members and helps them to function as a focused team.
Small Companies
- Need a shared sense of purpose and direction.
- So everyone can contribute fully, flexibly, and efficiently.
- You want to increase the creativity and participation of everyone in the team.
- You want to use all talents so people feel valued and motivated.
With Role-up, you can take time to discuss and clarify the team's
direction. Discover how different Roles contribute to the mission and
tap into the creativity of all team members.
Allow new Roles for individuals to develop unused talents and start
using the full potential of everyone on the team.
Enterprises
- Slow decision-making involves numerous hierarchical levels and meetings.
- Time disappears in endless emails and meetings. People miss the time to get work done.
- It is hard to find who is responsible for something specific. More meetings.
- There is no overview of projects and teams. You can't see what other people are working on.
With Role-up, teams define their Roles and responsibilities for
everyone in the company to see. You get an up-to-date map of all the
teams, team members, and accountabilities. Finding the right person in
any team becomes easy.
With clearly defined Roles, everyone can focus on their part and do
their best work. Knowing where responsibilities lie will reduce
meetings and speed up decision-making.
And you no longer have to look up on LinkedIn what your colleague is
working on.
Ad-hoc teams
- There is no official organization, but some structure would help.
- Like transparency on who does what.
- Make sure things get done only once.
- Team members sometimes 'forget' what they should be doing and start freewheeling.
With Role-up, you and your team can create a structure to streamline
your collaborative efforts. Defining a mission and describing
fundamental Roles is a great way to build focus and momentum.
Roles can be as high-level or detailed as needed, evolving with the
team
Free workshop to get you started
Use our free workshop template and find out how working with Roles can benefit your team. You can try Role-up for 30 days to experience Role-based working with your team—no strings attached.
FAQ
Can we use Role-up without Holacracy?
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Do we need a consultant to start working with Roles?
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To help you with the transition to working with Roles, we assembled helpful information in our resource section. Check the article on running effective governance meetings once you have your first Roles on the board.
Why are people more productive when they work Role-based?
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- Reduced irritations between team members
- Less conflict
- More effective communication
- Shorter meetings
- Fewer meetings
- Increased productivity
- Better workload balance
- Increased job satisfaction
- Longer employment
How do I know if Role-up is right for us?
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If you don't like it, you can remove your data and walk away. And as long as we are in the beta phase, Role-up is free for you and your team.
Can we use Role-up together with our other tools?
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Why we created Role-up
We have been working in multidisciplinary teams for many years. During the
COVID pandemic, we experienced how working remotely magnifies typical
issues in agile, self-organizing teams. Assumptions lead to
misunderstandings, and irritations get in the way of great teamwork. This
can happen to any team, no matter how motivated, professional, or senior
you are.
We were lucky to have an agile coach who was a Holacracy expert. She
introduced us to working with Roles. It blew our minds that something so
simple and intuitive could make such a difference.
We decided that every team should be able to work with Roles.
So that
is why we created Role-up for you.
Reduce the cost of conflict
The cost of unclarity and conflict in teams is mainly hidden. A study (Harvard Business Review) found that US workers spend, on average, 2.8 hours per week dealing with conflict. Conflict can be destructive to job satisfaction and increases the chances of stress-related illnesses. But 2.8 hours per week also represents serious direct costs per employee.
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Work better together with Roles
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Clarity
Organize work in Roles and
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Transparency
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Start building
a resilient team where people are free to do their best work
A simple plan
- Use for free as a beta-tester
- No strings attached
- Free workshop templates
Beta-Test
Free
Until beta-testing ends
- 20 Members
- 5 Teams
- Collaborate online
- Organization map
- Data stored in EU
No credit card needed
What is a Beta-Test?
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What happens with my data?
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Only other members of your Role-up organization can see data created in that organization, such as organization names, team names, missions, roles, responsibilities etc. Your email address and name are visible to other members of your Role-up organization.
Can I invite my teammates and colleagues?
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What happens when the Beta-Test ends?
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If you wish to keep using Role-up, you can provide billing information and your trial will become a subscription. More details on that (like price!) will follow later.