Book description
Unleash Commitment, Initiative, and InnovationIn their decades of leading groups all over the world, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff discovered they could get superior results by creating an unconventional approach to leadership. Leaders still need to get everyone aligned around the same goals. But to maximize energy, creativity, and productivity, they gain more by focusing on structure rather than behavior, enabling people to take responsibility and manage themselves.
Lead More, Control Less describes eight essential skills for establishing a culture of autonomy and self-leadership. Using examples and case studies, Weisbord and Janoff describe how leaders can share responsibility, defuse group conflicts, show everyone the big picture, and more. With this approach, leaders truly gain more control by giving it up.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Why This Book?
- Introduction: Self Control Is the Best Control
- 1 Control Structure, Not People
- 2 Let Everyone Be Responsible
- 3 Consider Anxiety “Blocked Excitement”
- 4 Avoid “Taking It Personally”
- 5 Disrupt Fight or Flight
- 6 Include the Right People
- 7 Experience the “Whole Elephant”
- 8 Surface Unspoken Agreements
- Epilogue: What’s Next for Leaders?
- Appendix A: Practicing Percept Language
- Appendix B: Leading in Cyberspace
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
Product information
- Title: Lead More, Control Less
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2015
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781626564145
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