A Company of Leaders: Five Disciplines for Unleashing the Power in Your Workforce

Good employees are your organization′s most valuable resource. But attracting, developing, and retaining talented people requires an environment where people are energized and connected to their work, and where they take the initiative and act as owners of the business. A Company of Leaders shows how to navigate the often difficult journey to real empowerment at all levels of the organization and create a kind of "volunteer employee" workforce–employees who choose to work because they are energized by what they do. This book shows how to stimulate the kind of creative tension that fosters leadership throughout an organization through the practice of five key disciplines: ? Self–Empowerment: how to set the stage for others–because only an empowered leader can develop an empowered workforce ? Vision and Challenge: how to inspire and align people to the organization and its mission ? Support and Security: how to create the psychological safety necessary for people to feel comfortable in taking on the risk of leadership ? Openness and Trust: how to create an atmosphere that fosters real employee involvement in the organization ? Guidance and Control: how to create the boundaries and structures necessary to assure the empowered behavior stays on track

Nota biograficzna:
GRETCHEN M. SPREITZER is an associate professor of management and organization at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where she is a faculty affiliate of both the Center for Effective Organizations and the Leadership Institute. Her research has been published in Sloan Management Review, Academy of Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, and many other professional journals. ROBERT E. QUINN holds the M. E. Tracy Collegiate Professorship at the University of Michigan and is a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Michigan Business School. His most recent book is Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Results (Jossey–Bass, 2000).

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Good employees are your organization′s most valuable resource. But attracting, developing, and retaining talented people requires an environment where people are energized and connected to their work, and where they take the initiative and act as owners of the business. A Company of Leaders shows how to navigate the often difficult journey to real empowerment at all levels of the organization and create a kind of "volunteer employee" workforce–employees who choose to work because they are energized by what they do. This book shows how to stimulate the kind of creative tension that fosters leadership throughout an organization through the practice of five key disciplines: ? Self–Empowerment: how to set the stage for others–because only an empowered leader can develop an empowered workforce ? Vision and Challenge: how to inspire and align people to the organization and its mission ? Support and Security: how to create the psychological safety necessary for people to feel comfortable in taking on the risk of leadership ? Openness and Trust: how to create an atmosphere that fosters real employee involvement in the organization ? Guidance and Control: how to create the boundaries and structures necessary to assure the empowered behavior stays on track