Decentralize Everything Except Culture

"A common theme among intelligent fanatics is that they operate their businesses with a decentralized model. Workers are given autonomy to run their operation as if it were their own business. Authority and autonomy promote a feeling of control and self-worth that is intrinsically valuable to employees."

"The company is highly decentralized. Each division within Nucor acts as a totally separate, independent business entity. Nucor divisions have almost complete local autonomy, and the communication among the divisions is high. The goal is to get each division to share its best practices and to provide support for one another."

"Nucor also maintains a flat organizational hierarchy, with only four layers of management."

"They are able to easily communicate the why and the purpose of the company so that employees themselves can own the vision. This is extremely important, because most employees do not know their employer’s vision and, of course, cannot be invested in what they do not know or understand."