The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All - Hardcover

Clow, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118172051 ISBN 13: 9781118172056

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

Embrace connectivity, increase empowerment, and achieve better work-life blending

We live in a new age of global companies, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.

“I believe that freedom in the workplace is worth fighting for and that every person and every organization can be excellent.”

Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our work force, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create sustainable and engaging lives.

• Provides actionable changes anyone can make, regardless of where they work, to create a more sustainable work-life blend
• Details concrete ways to influence existing organizations to change
• Guides leaders to make tangible changes in their teams to enable greater autonomy and impact
• Outlines organizational culture principles that support and nurture high-performance and healthy environments, providing clear options for instituting cultural change based on specific organizational challenges

Rejecting productivity Band-Aids and quick fixes, The Work Revolution conceptualizes a completely new workplace that embraces the always-connected reality to create organizations in which high achievers can sustainably thrive.

About this title

About the Author

JULIE CLOW started her career at a training development company in Orlando, Florida, and quickly rose to become the Chief Learning Officer. She joined Google in 2006 and spent five years there leading team effectiveness, leadership, management, and organizational culture initiatives. She has worked on organizational improvement initiatives for a wide range of commercial, government, and even military organizations, such as the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, BellSouth, and SunTrust Bank. Julie also serves on the board of directors for the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) and is a frequent speaker at industry events. She holds a PhD in behavior analysis from Auburn University. She currently resides in New York.

From the Back Cover

"I believe that freedom in the workplace is worth fighting for and that every person and every organization can be excellent."

We live in a new age of global companies, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea to life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.

Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our workforce, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create sustainable and engaging lives. This book covers:

• How to completely rethink the way we work, everywhere
• How to religiously seek ways to make change easy
• Concrete tactics for influencing existing organizations to change
• Tangible changes leaders can make in their teams to enable greater autonomy and impact
• Organizational culture principles that support and nurture high performance and healthy environments, providing clear options for instituting cultural change based on specific organizational challenges

Rejecting productivity Band-Aids and quick fixes, The Work Revolution conceptualizes a completely new workplace that embraces the always-connected reality to create organizations in which high achievers can sustainably thrive.

From the Inside Flap

We live in a new age of global companies, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea to life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.

Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our workforce, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create sustainable and engaging lives. This book covers:

• How to completely rethink the way we work, everywhere

• How to religiously seek ways to makechange easy

• Concrete tactics for influencing existing organizations to change

• Tangible changes leaders can make in their teams to enable greater autonomy and impact

• Organizational culture principles that support and nurture high performance and healthy environments, providing clear options for instituting cultural change based on specific organizational challenges

Rejecting productivity Band-Aids and quick fixes, The Work Revolution conceptualizes a completely new workplace that embraces the always-connected reality to create organizations in which high achievers can sustainably thrive.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118172051
• ISBN 13: 9781118172056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272