Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization - Softcover

Pontefract, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1773272195 ISBN 13: 9781773272191

Publisher: Pontefract Group Consulting Inc., 2022

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 lip service to it, don't really understand what it means. And most of those who do get it lack the skills for putting it into practice. In Flat Army you'll find powerful leadership models and tools that help you challenge yourself and overcome your personal obstacles to change, while pushing the boundaries of organizational change to create a culture of collaboration.

• Develops an integrated framework incorporating collaboration, open leadership, technologies, and connected learning
• Shows you how to flatten the organizational pyramid and engage with your peoples in more collaborative and productive ways-without undermining your authority
• Explains how to deploy a Connected Leader mindset, a Participative Leader Framework, and a Collaborative Leader Action Model
• Arms you with powerful tools for becoming a more visible leader who demonstrates the qualities and capabilities needed to become an agent of positive change

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About the Author

Dan Pontrefact is the founder and CEO of The Pontefract Group, a firm that improves the state of leadership and organizational culture. Dan is the best-selling author of four books: LEAD. CARE. WIN. How to Become a Leader Who Matters (2020), OPEN TO THINK: Slow Down, Think Creatively, and Make Better Decisions (2018), THE PURPOSE EFFECT: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization (2016) and FLAT ARMY: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization (2013). 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, two dogs and two cats and live in Victoria, Canada.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pontefract Group Consulting Inc.
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773272195
• ISBN 13: 9781773272191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336