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The 3 Keys to Empowerment

Release the Power Within People for Astonishing Results

Author Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos, Alan Randolph
$16.95 US
Berrett-Koehler | Berrett-Koehler Publishers
40 per carton
On sale Apr 16, 2001 | 9781576751602
Sales rights: World
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An action guide and macro-level understanding of the process required to foster the workplace culture envisioned in Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute.

As Ken Blanchard, John Carlos, and Alan Randolph clearly demonstrated in their previous bestseller, Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute, empowerment is not a goal that can be achieved in a minute. Empowerment is a process that requires ongoing effort, awareness, and commitment to transforming the hierarchy. This essential guide offers managers detailed, hands-on answers to their real-life questions about how, exactly, they can navigate the journey to empowerment.

Written in an easily accessible Q&A format, the book closely examines and expands on the three keys to empowerment originally presented in Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute—sharing information, creating autonomy through boundaries, and replacing the hierarchy with teams. It clearly outlines the promises and challenges of each stage of the journey, providing managers with thought-provoking questions, clear advice, effective activities, and action tools that will help them create a culture of empowerment. Wherever they are in the journey, managers will find a clear roadmap in this user-friendly action guide.

Praise for Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute

“The most truthful, straight-talk book on managing people to come along in eons. This is an exceptional tool for business.” —Harvey MacKay, #1 New York Times-bestselling author

“One of the very best organized, thought out, planned, and written books on any business subject I have read.” —Stanley Bass, Human Resources Consultant, Stan Bass Consulting
Preface
Introduction: The Challenge of Moving to Empowerment
Chapter 1. Releasing the Power within People
Chapter 2. Using Situational Leadership® II to Guide the Journey

Stage One: Starting and Orienting the Journey
Chapter 3. Key #1: Share Information to Kick-Start the Process
Chapter 4. Key #2: Declare Clear Boundaries to Begin Creating Autonomy
Chapter 5. Key #3: Begin Developing Teams to Replace the Hierarchy

Stage Two: Change and Discouragement
Chapter 6. Key #1: Share More Information and Listen for Information
Chapter 7. Key #2: Widen the Boundaries to Create More Autonomy and Responsibility
Chapter 8. Key #3: Let Teams Take on More of the Hierarchical Roles

Stage Three: Adopting and Refining Empowerment
Chapter 9. Key #1: Enhance Information Sharing to Drive Performance
Chapter 10. Key #2: Incorporate Boundaries into Everyone’s Value System
Chapter 11. Key #3: Let Teams Replace the Hierarchy
Conclusion: A Look Back (and Forward) at the Journey
Chapter 12. Summarizing the Action Plan for Creating Empowerment
Notes
Index

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An action guide and macro-level understanding of the process required to foster the workplace culture envisioned in Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute.

As Ken Blanchard, John Carlos, and Alan Randolph clearly demonstrated in their previous bestseller, Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute, empowerment is not a goal that can be achieved in a minute. Empowerment is a process that requires ongoing effort, awareness, and commitment to transforming the hierarchy. This essential guide offers managers detailed, hands-on answers to their real-life questions about how, exactly, they can navigate the journey to empowerment.

Written in an easily accessible Q&A format, the book closely examines and expands on the three keys to empowerment originally presented in Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute—sharing information, creating autonomy through boundaries, and replacing the hierarchy with teams. It clearly outlines the promises and challenges of each stage of the journey, providing managers with thought-provoking questions, clear advice, effective activities, and action tools that will help them create a culture of empowerment. Wherever they are in the journey, managers will find a clear roadmap in this user-friendly action guide.

Praise for Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute

“The most truthful, straight-talk book on managing people to come along in eons. This is an exceptional tool for business.” —Harvey MacKay, #1 New York Times-bestselling author

“One of the very best organized, thought out, planned, and written books on any business subject I have read.” —Stanley Bass, Human Resources Consultant, Stan Bass Consulting

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Challenge of Moving to Empowerment
Chapter 1. Releasing the Power within People
Chapter 2. Using Situational Leadership® II to Guide the Journey

Stage One: Starting and Orienting the Journey
Chapter 3. Key #1: Share Information to Kick-Start the Process
Chapter 4. Key #2: Declare Clear Boundaries to Begin Creating Autonomy
Chapter 5. Key #3: Begin Developing Teams to Replace the Hierarchy

Stage Two: Change and Discouragement
Chapter 6. Key #1: Share More Information and Listen for Information
Chapter 7. Key #2: Widen the Boundaries to Create More Autonomy and Responsibility
Chapter 8. Key #3: Let Teams Take on More of the Hierarchical Roles

Stage Three: Adopting and Refining Empowerment
Chapter 9. Key #1: Enhance Information Sharing to Drive Performance
Chapter 10. Key #2: Incorporate Boundaries into Everyone’s Value System
Chapter 11. Key #3: Let Teams Replace the Hierarchy
Conclusion: A Look Back (and Forward) at the Journey
Chapter 12. Summarizing the Action Plan for Creating Empowerment
Notes
Index

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