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 road map to creating a more
accountable culture in today's fragmented and virtual world.
Best-selling 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 roles 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.
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Help shape a culture of commitment
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Develop the political skills to negotiate successfully
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Take responsibility for your actions
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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-listen guide for anyone
doing business today.
