The crucial need to substitute true leadership for bad management
practices such as Management By Objectives (MBO) and the use of fear
is now well known and was often championed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming.
While significant progress has been made, many organizations
(especially outside of manufacturing) are either just getting started
with their improvement efforts or they are faking their way forward
(going through the motions), trying to imitate what they have read in
books or have seen at conferences. The executives of these
organizations might give permission for the tools of Lean and Six
Sigma to be taught but many of them still refuse to look in a mirror
and change their own leadership style. They have built a "façade of
excellence" that crumbles quickly whenever a bit of chaos is
introduced. Not being able to sustain improvements over the long term
is one of the top complaints from improvement professionals. What
ingredient is missing that prohibits changes to occur throughout the
leadership ranks that might create a culture that embraces teamwork,
collaboration and improvement? To start, what exactly do we mean by
leadership? The common mistake is to try and put all effective leaders
into the same box. Leadership actually has many dimensions and several
definitions. This book explores four different styles of leadership
that includes "The Crisis Leader," "The Idea Gathering Leader," "The
Team Forming Leader," and "The Empowerment Leader." Each of the four
styles is appropriate when given a certain set of circumstances (an
organization in trouble needs a "Crisis Leader" for example). The goal
is to shift the organization, including the leaders and all of the
employees at every level, toward collaboration and empowerment. Why go
through the pains to rebuild an organization’s culture and leaders?
In the annual "IndustryWeek Magazine - Best Plants" competition, the
companies that have made the transition to high performance, fully
empowered teams ("The Empowerment Leader"), in general, demonstrate
far better results than all other applicants (and they tend to win
"Best Place to Work" awards as well). So, what is keeping
organizational leaders, especially those in the middle of the
organization chart, from adopting the "The Empowerment" leadership
style? This book defines and helps the reader understand what this new
normal of leadership consists of and: Explains the four different
styles of leaders and how these are different than a typical "old
style" manager. Indicates which style is appropriate given a certain
set of circumstances and how a leader knows when it is time to migrate
from one style to another. Illustrates what it means for an
organization to shift from a "dictator" culture to one of
collaboration and what steps can be taken to help this transformation.
Explores the current definition of a "promotable manager" and how this
differs from a new normal definition of an outstanding, effective
"Empowerment" leader. Defines Mission, Vision, Strategy, and Values
and how these four cultural principles fit into the leadership
progression model. Shows how the culture within the organization will
be different after the adoption of empowered teams and introduces the
concept of "Enthusiastic Productivity."
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780429629105
Publisert
2024
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Productivity Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter