Review"The most truthful, straight-talk book on managing people to come along in aeons. This is an exceptional tool for business." - Harvey Mackay, author of Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive "The authors show that empowerment is more than an empty promise. A must-read for liberating the leader within people." - Barry Z. Posner, co-author of The Leadership Challenge and Credibility --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Product DescriptionDrawing on ten years of research and consulting with leading companies, the authors explain how to use the steps described in this book to move organizations from a control-and-be-controlled mindset to a supportive, responsibility-centered environment in which all employees have the opportunity to do their best Web site promo.
From the Publisher"The most truthful, straight-talk book on managing people to come along in eons. This is an exceptional tool for business."—Harvey Mackay, author of Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive "The authors show that empowerment is more than an empty promise. A must-read for liberating the leader within people."—Barry Z. Posner, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Credibility --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
From the Back CoverThese expert authors explain how to empower the workforce by moving from a control-and-be-controlled mindset to a supportive, responsibility-centered environment in which all employees have the opportunity to do their best. They explain how to build responsibility and trust, and they define the three essential keys to making empowerment work in large and small organizations: 1. sharing information with everyone; 2. creating autonomy through boundaries; and 3. replacing old hierarchies with self-managed teams. Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute reveals the dilemmas and paradoxes inherent in attempting to create an empowered workplace and culture. The authors present a clear case in support of the bottom-line value of empowerment, and provide a masterful plan for getting there.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the AuthorKEN BLANCHARD is the author or coauthor of more than 30 books including the phenomenal best-seller The One Minute Manager (more than 10 million copies sold). His ideas and teachings have had a tremendous impact on the day-to-day management of countless people and companies.
ERIC CONGER has voiced over 150 fiction and nonfiction audiobooks. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Paris, he also works as a writer and playwright (The Eclectic Society. He lives in Weehawken, New Jersey, with his wife, Gayle, and two children. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.