The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work
- 4h 2m
- Peter Block
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 1987
For years, managers and employees have felt powerless to control their lives or shape their organizations. With warmth and clarity, Peter Block introduces the path to empowerment. Looking at a wide variety of organizations, Block shows managers how to beat inherent pressures that erode initiative, dull creativity, and dissuade healthy risk taking. Readers learn how to create a strong vision of the future—one that encourages the best in themselves and in the people around them. This best-selling book shows how, with the positive political skills Block teaches, managers can honestly and courageously face the reality of their organizations and find renewed meaning in their lives and in their work.
About the Author
Peter Block is an organization development consultant and a founding partner of Designed Learning, Inc. He has consulted to organizations for more than twenty-five years and is the author of another best-seller, Flawless Consulting.
In this Book
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Personal Choices that Shape the Work Environment
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Origins of the Bureaucratic Mentality
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Developing Antidotes for Bureaucracy
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Creating a Vision of Greatness: The First Step Toward Empowerment
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Building Support for Your Vision: Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries
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Balancing Autonomy and Dependence: Peace with Those Around You
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Facing Organizational Realities: Continual Acts of Courage
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Enacting the Vision: The Essence of Empowerment
