Overcoming Workplace Pathologies

Principles of Spirit-Based Leadership

Auteurs

• Gilbert W. Fairholm

Paramètres

• 184 pages
• 7 heures de lecture

• Affaires et économie

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This book deals directly with the characteristics of the work relationship the leader builds.℗ℓIt argues that the prevailing work community work culture is intended to help the leader lead but, increasingly it impedes the leaderℓ́ℓs work.℗ℓ℗ℓLeadership is a function of the leaderℓ́ℓs values, attitudes, and aspirationsℓ́ℓin a word leadership flows from the leaderℓ́ℓs spiritual character-defining core essence.℗ℓHowever, the author argues that℗ℓcultural forces coming from both inside and outside the workplace, often℗ℓdesigned to promote diversity,℗ℓinclusivity, and℗ℓtolerance,℗ℓhave introduced into the work culture values and behavior that are pathological to doing leadership and to the health of work communities.^While attractive on the surface, these new values are toxic to the idea of relationship and thus threaten the work community culture, in effect "killing leadership." This book will arm leaders with the tools, resources, and techniques to recognize and overcome workplace pathologies.℗ℓ After reading this book,^leaders will: have a complete understanding of the key principles of spirit-based values leadership℗ℓ see clearly that the leaderℓ́ℓs values shape both the leaderℓ́ℓs one-on-one relationships with coworkers and are at the center of the work culture they create to re-enforce coworker actions and decisions appreciate more fully the power of the ambient work culture to influence coworkers toward leader set values and methods guiding the work community know the toxic effect on doing leadership of introducing non-work values and standards into the work community culture understand the arguments against allowing subgroups of the work community to form and practice values opposed to the values the leader has set for the full group be better prepared to deal with the consequences of countenancing the presence evil,^hate and/or fear in the workplace realize that not all coworkers are uniformly honest and truthful and learn ways to counter this behavior and still do the work communityℓ́ℓs work learn a variety of specific techniques to counter coworkerℓ́ℓs actions that violate the agreed-upon values foundation the leader creates that define a given work community and ensures its productivity

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• Année de publication: 2015
• Reliure: (rigide)