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

About the Author

Dan Pontefract is the Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS (www.telus.com). He is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy for the company. He has driven a philosophical and cultural shift in the way TELUS views and experiences learning. Called "Learning 2.0", it′s a social, informal and formal learning and collaboration model for all 40,000+ team members, bringing TELUS to the forefront of learning leadership. Dan also championed the introduction of the TELUS Leadership Philosophy (TLP), an open and collaborative–based leadership framework for all TELUS team members, alongside a litany of social collaboration technologies.

When he′s not cycling, he′s goofing around with Denise, Claire, Cole and Cate. You can reach him at www.danpontefract.com.

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