Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization - Softcover

Pontefract, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1773270591 ISBN 13: 9781773270593

Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Your people are your most valuable asset, and if you want them to excel (and your profits to soar), you'll need to abandon your traditional command-and-control management style and adopt a collaborative, open leadership approach--one that engages and empowers your people. While this isn't a particularly new idea, many leaders, while they may pay li

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About the Author

Dan is the founder and CEO of The Pontefract Group, a firm that improves the state of leadership and organizational culture. He is the best-selling author of three books: OPEN TO THINK, THE PURPOSE EFFECT and FLAT ARMY. A renowned speaker, Dan has presented at four different TED events and also writes for Forbes, Harvard Business Review and The Huffington Post. Dan is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, Gustavson School of Business and has garnered more than 20 industry awards over his career. Previously as Chief Envisioner and Chief Learning Officer at TELUS--a Canadian telecommunications company with revenues of $14 billion and 50,000 global employees--he launched the Transformation Office, the TELUS MBA, and the TELUS Leadership Philosophy, all award winning initiatives that dramatically helped to increase the company's employee engagement to record levels of nearly 90%. Prior to TELUS he held senior roles at SAP, Business Objects and BCIT. Dan and his wife, Denise, have three children (aka goats) and live in Victoria, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773270591
• ISBN 13: 9781773270593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336