Lead More, Control Less: 8 Advanced Leadership Skills That Overturn Convention (UK PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS Management / Business) - Softcover

Marvin Weisbord; Sandra Janoff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626564124 ISBN 13: 9781626564121

Publisher: EDS Publications Ltd. (Consignment), 2015

Synopsis

Leadership experts Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff make a bold claim: contrary to conventional management theory, you actually gain more control when you exert less pressure on those you lead which also means less stress for you.

Working with people all over the world, Weisbord and Janoff realized that leaders trying to tell their people what to do, the traditional approach, wasn't' working. It was far more effective for leaders to nurture and guide people's ability to lead and control themselves. Over time, they developed three alternative principles which form the foundation of this book:

1. Have people build on their own experiences instead of pushing for yours.
2. Set things up so that people coordinate and control their own work rather that you doing it for them.
3. Change the conditions under which people interact rather than try to change the people.

This book describes eight essential leadership skills that put these principles into practice. It shows leaders how to let go of the unrealistic demands that they put on themselves and the far-fetched expectations that others place on them. Leaders will discover how to wear authority lightly and control less while leading more.

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About the Author

Marvin Weisbord is an international consultant with more than fifty years' experience with large corporations, NGOs, and nonprofits. He is the author of Organizational Diagnosis and Productive Workplaces and the editor and coauthor of Discovering Common Ground. Weisbord and Janoff founded Future Search Network, an international collaborative of volunteers who deliver strategic planning services worldwide in any language for any culture. They also coauthored Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! and three editions of Future Searc
Sandra Janoff is a consultant and psychologist who works with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, communities, and nonprofits on whole systems transformation. Janoff and Weisbord founded Future Search Network, an international collaborative of volunteers who deliver strategic planning services worldwide in any language for any culture. They also coauthored Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! and three editions of Future Search.

Edition details

• Publisher: EDS Publications Ltd. (Consignment)
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626564124
• ISBN 13: 9781626564121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144