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Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute, 2nd Edition

Author Alan Randolph , John P. Carlos , Ken Blanchard
Release Date: 2001/10/01
ISBN: 9781605093390
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Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute tells the story of a young manager whose attempts to turn his troubled company around through traditional top-down, command-and-control management are failing. Reluctantly, he contacts an expert in empowerment, even though he feels like he's already tried that too. Step by step, the expert helps him understand why his past and present efforts have fallen short and exactly what he needs to do to create an empowered workforce. The process as it unfolds is complex, paradoxical and counterintuitive -but well worth the effort.
The new introduction dispels the notion that empowerment is a bygone fad. No matter what its name, the essential concept-that organizations can achieve extraordinary results by recognizing and taking advantage of the skills, experience, and knowledge already existing in the organization-will always be relevant.
The new epilogue describes obstacles companies have encountered and overcome and outlines empowerment strategies that have proved successful during the fifteen years the authors have been consulting, researching, and refining these concepts.
Although sometimes arduous, the journey to empowerment is well worth making. In fact, unleashing the power of people in an organization may be the only way to continue to do business in a competitive, complicated marketplace.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction to the Second Edition
  7. The Challenge
  8. The Empowering Manager
  9. The Land Of Empowerment
  10. The First Key: Share Accurat Einformation with everyone
  11. The Second Key: Create Autonomy through Boundaries
  12. The Third Key: Replace Hierarchical Thinking with Self-managed Teams
  13. The Three Keys in Dynamic Interaction
  14. Give Everyone the Information to Act
  15. Boundaries are Guidelines for Action
  16. Allow Teams to Become Self-managed
  17. Persist in Your Belief in Empowerment
  18. The Empowerment Game Plan
  19. The Empowerment Game Plan
  20. Epilogue
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. About the Authors
  23. Services Available
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