{"product_id":"humane-leadership-tools-to-engage-empower-and-improve-performance-paperback","title":"Humane Leadership: Tools to Engage, Empower, and Improve Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Bárczay Sloan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI offer a new relationship to your work, your team, your leadership, and maybe even to yourself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, I present a structured method for having performance improvement conversations that honor our shared values, humanity, and desire to produce excellent results. What I offer here, I learned the hard way.\u003c\/p\u003eThe Problems\u003cp\u003eAs \u003cstrong\u003el\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeaders\u003c\/strong\u003e we face a variety of challenges every day: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe pressure to meet the organization's goals.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe need to improve the performance of our all too human team.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe moral ambiguities of power and our own integrity.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs \u003cstrong\u003ehumans\u003c\/strong\u003e we and our team members face a separate set of challenges: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe earn our pay by working in often disempowering organizations.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur mental work disengages us from our bodies and deepest values.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe feel the disappointment of our unmet need to work in a collaborative learning culture.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can we create a culture of performance improvement and leadership that addresses all of the opportunities inherent in these problems?\u003c\/p\u003eRedefining Work\u003cp\u003eCould it be that the purpose of work extends beyond mere production of valuable goods and services in exchange for a paycheck? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his book, \u003cem\u003eSmall is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, E.F. Schumacher, a British economist who studied Gandhi's thinking, proposed that work has three purposes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevelop our capabilities so we can perform better and contribute more.\u2028\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranscend ourselves through collaboration with others.\u2028\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreate goods and services relevant to our mission or plan.\u2028\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe can learn to better engage, empower and improve the performance of all our team members. Our model also allows us to see when we can create an opening for someone to build their own leadership skills. This is the heart of success and satisfaction as a leader, seeing every moment as a chance to edify someone you care about.\u003c\/p\u003eHow to Benefit From This Book\u003cp\u003eThis is a practical, comprehensive guide to performance improvement that provides tools for human development at work, in community and in families. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe approach is simple: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollaboratively review performance.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify opportunities for improvement.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign experiments to make improvements.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluate progress and refine experiments.\u2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course, the book offers much more than just a simple approach. We introduce a framework in chapter two so anyone can quickly evaluate performance issues and opportunities for improvement. In chapter three we explain how to effectively host a performance review meeting and in chapter four, we explain some of the concepts underlying these methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe balance of the book is a primer and reference for the many challenges and opportunities you will discover in working with the humane performance improvement practices you've learned. Chapters five and six examine the wide variety of challenges that we may bring to the performance improvement discussion. Chapters seven through eleven offer deeper understandings and tools to empower improvements in motivation, time and authority, clarity of expectations, and development of capabilities. Chapter twelve looks at the implications of the humane leadership approach for our lives and organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new framework is the easy part, how can we create real, lasting change in performance levels? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs leaders, we can offer people the experience of choosing their own mental models, habits and experiments to optimize their results. This process lets us each become part of a self-teaching organism- a self-generated, self-refining intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729093562431,"sku":"9781734867602","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/25eabf3431b356562889a82de5698e4d.webp?v=1765120940","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/humane-leadership-tools-to-engage-empower-and-improve-performance-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}