A Company of Leaders
Subtitle: Five Disciplines for Unleashing the Power in Your Workforce
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: July 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780787955830
Subjects: Management & management techniques; Leadership; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Management - General; Entrepreneurship; Business & Economics / Leadership; Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics-Entrepreneurship; Employee empowerment; Teams in the workplace
First sentence: This is a book about creating a company of leaders-a workplace where people at all levels are energized to contribute as much as they can to realizing the organization's goals; a workplace where people at all levels show initiative, flexibility, and innovation in their everyday work and decision making; a workplace where people at all levels are as committed as any executive to making the organization successful.
Description: "This eighth book in the University of Michigan Business School Management Series provides a step-by-step guide for turning any organization into a company of leaders. Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Robert E. Quinn draw on ten years of empirical research to show how to transform a workforce and create a very real competitive advantage. They describe five key disciplines that help empower employees to take initiative, be more innovative, engage in transformational change, and act as leaders.

Throughout the book, the authors provide real-life organizational examples that illustrate the disciplines of empowerment and present specific tools, techniques, and strategies that will help you put those disciplines to work in your own organization."--BOOK JACKET.