The work revolution : freedom and excellence for all /
Embrace connectivity, increase empowerment, and achieve better work-life blendingWe live in a new age of global companies, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collabor...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
2012.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Chapter 1: This Thing We Call Work; What Is the Problem?; Starting a Work Revolution; The Three Channels of Change; Tying It All Together; Chapter 2: Signs We Have It Wrong; The Deluxe Job-Shove-It Quiz; Interpreting Your Answers; Chapter 3: The New Rules; What Is Our Reality?; Putting It All Together; Breaking the Old Rules; The New Rules; Chapter 4: Impact, Not Activities; Roots of Management by Activity; Organizations as Problem Statements; Leaders Asking Questions; Individuals as Instigators; More on Impact to Come; Summary.
- Chapter 5: Energy, Not SchedulesRivers of Energy; The Energy of Individuals; The Energy of Value; Eliminating Bad Energy; Summary; Chapter 6: Strengths, Not Job Slots; Strengths, Talents, Passions; Naming Your Strengths; Strengths of a Team; Building an Organization on Strengths; Summary; Chapter 7: The Right Things, Not Everything; And the Number One Leadership Skill Is ... ; Strategy Is Prioritization; Eliminate the Bottom, Push to the Top; Team Prioritization; Summary; Chapter 8: Grassroots, Not Top-Down; The Power of Small; Empowerment through Collective Intelligence.
- Letting Go of Control in OrganizationsIndividuals Inspiring Differentiation; Summary; Chapter 9: Conclusion; Fears of Leaders; Fears of Individuals; It's the System, Stupid; Trust versus Fear; What Success Looks Like; Epilogue; Grassroots, not Top-Down; The Right things, not Everything; Energy, not Schedules; Strengths, not Job Slots; Impact, not Activities; Putting it all Together; Appendix; Universal Principles; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index.
