Leadership ensemble
Subtitle: lessons in collaborative management from the world's only conductorless orchestra
By: Harvey Seifter and Peter Economy ; foreword by J. Richard Hackman
Contributors: Economy, Peter
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780805066920; 9780805071863
Subjects: Teams in the workplace; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Description: "The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has earned rave reviews as one of the premier musical ensembles in the world. Recently, it has also attracted the attention and admiration of the corporate world. As the only major orchestra that rehearses, performs, and records without a conductor, Orpheus is a shining example of a new management style based on collaborative leadership." "Leadership Ensemble shows business leaders in any industry how to re-create the successful "Orpheus Process" in their own companies by dismantling top-heavy hierarchies; developing flexible, responsive strategies and decision-making procedures; and unleashing employee creativity, responsibility, and productivity. Based on three decades of performing experience and more than five years' partnership with corporations such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Orpheus has identified and refined eight core principles, along with practical steps for putting the principles into practice and potential traps and landmines."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Less Is More  -- J. Richard Hackman; title: Introduction: Carnegie Hall --; title: Overture: The Rules Have Changed (Again) --; title: Put Power in the Hands of the People Doing the Work --; title: Encourage Individual Responsibility for Product and Quality --; title: Create Clarity of Roles --; title: Share and Rotate Leadership --; title: Foster Horizontal Teamwork --; title: Learn to Listen, Learn to Talk --; title: Seek Consensus (and Build Creative Structures that Favor Consensus) --; title: Dedicate Passionately to Your Mission --; title: Coda: Building a Future.