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The empowered manager : positive political skills at work
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Title
The empowered manager : positive political skills at work / Peter Block.
ISBN
9781119282402
9781119282419
1119282411
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from title page (viewed January 12, 2017).
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Empowerment produces the conditions for high performance. Especially for middle managers and below. Empowered cultures attract and retain talent. They produce high achievement, high accountability and high commitment. The Empowered Manager uncovers a roadmap to creating a more accountable culture in today's fragmented and virtual world. Bestselling author Peter Block is a true visionary: author of the classic Flawless Consulting, his work is about empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, and reconciliation of community. In this book, he returns his eye toward management to renew our efforts to create a shift in the traditional hierarchy. Twenty years after the original book, Block talks of why it is so difficult to both open the door to empowerment and more importantly, have people walk through it. It is more important than ever to create a culture in which all members of an organization are treated as entrepreneurs, giving them ownership over their role and responsibilities. This is in the face of the reality that most employees want safety, not the adventure of empowerment. Peter enhances the first edition of the book by acknowledging employees wish for dependency. Their longing for the days when a job carried a promise of a future, and companies cared more about the product and the people, than about the money. This is written primarily for people in the middle. Good managers and employees who care more about doing good work and treating people right, than ambition and making it into the ruling class. The upper middle and below is where there is the greatest need for great management. Which builds on valuing strengths, and allowing talent the space to stretch and achieve. Almost independent of the power points of people at the top. This book shows you how a new approach to management empowers all employees at all levels, and culminates in better business outcomes for the entire organization. Help shape a culture of commitment Develop the political skills to negotiate successfully Take responsibility for your actions Learn to fail up, and face setbacks with courage If you feel controlled by bureaucracy, unrewarded for creativity, and from a distance, powerless to control your own destiny, this book is the breath of fresh air your career has been craving. Timeless tips from a master of business strategy alongside a framework for more effective management makes The Empowered Manager a must-read guide for anyone doing business today"
Variant and related titles
O'Reilly Safari. OCLC KB.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Allies: High Agreement/High TrustOpponents: High Trust/Low Agreement; Bedfellows: High Agreement/Low Trust; Fence Sitters: Low Trust/Unknown Agreement; Adversaries: Low Agreement/Low Trust; Boss As Adversary; Subordinate As Adversary; Seven: Balancing Autonomy and Interdependence; Political Scripts; Profiles in Dependency; The Right Use of Scripts; Interdependence; Naming the Game; Confirmation; Contact; Temporary Protection; Learning; Autonomy and Interdependence; Finding Peace with the Boss; Boss As Banker; Boss As Board Member; Eight: Facing Organizational Realities
Part Two: Positive Political Skills at WorkFive: Creating a Vision of Greatness; Claiming Our Autonomy by Creating a Vision; What Is a Vision and Why Is It Important?; What If We Don't Have a Vision?; The Difference between a Vision and a Mission Statement; Creating the Vision; Examples of the Choice for Greatness; Communicating Our Vision; Belief; Poetic Language; Metaphors; Specific Picture of the Future; Coaching Others in Creating Their Vision; Visions of Empowerment; Six: Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries; The Critical Skills: Negotiating Agreement and Negotiating Trust
Communication DevicesPadding; Language That Masks Reality; The Price and the Point; Four: The Empowerment Choice; The Entrepreneurial Contract; Be Our Own Authority; Encourage Self-Expression; Make Commitments; Act on Our Interdependence; Believe That These Elements Are Just; Enlightened Self-Interest; Meaning; Contribution and Service; Integrity; Positive Impact on Others' Lives; Mastery; The Payoff; Authentic Tactics; Say No When We Mean No; Share As Much Information As Possible; Use Language That Describes Reality; Avoid Repositioning for the Sake of Acceptance
Dependency Versus Autonomy Leading to InterdependenceWhen to Play It Safe; Three: A Culture of Empowerment; The Bureaucratic Cycle; The Entrepreneurial Cycle; The Patriarchal Contract; Submission to Authority; Denial of Self-Expression; Sacrifice for Unnamed Future Rewards; Belief That the First Three Elements Are Just; Myopic Self-Interest: The Myth That Advancement and Self-Esteem Are Related; Life At the Top; Seeking Approval; Hard Cash; The Wish to Be Safe; Control At All Costs; Manipulative Tactics; Saying What We Don't Mean; God Is My Ally; Understating the Downside
The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work; Contents; Prologue: To Read or Not to Read; The View from the Bridge; The View from the Boiler Room; Sorry, Wrong Number; What to Expect; What Next; Introduction: Why Empowerment Now and Again; One: Managers in the Middle; Part One: Politics in the Workplace-Rekindling the Entrepreneurial Spirit; Two: Personal Choices That Shape the Work Environment; The Road Most Traveled; Now You See It, Now You Don't; Choosing an Entrepreneurial Path; Maintenance Versus Possibility; Caution Versus Courage
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