Peter Block's Flawless Consulting addresses business changes and new challenges since the second edition was written ten years ago. It tackles the challenges next-generation consultants face, including more guidance on how to ask better questions, dealing with difficult clients, working in an increasingly virtual world, how to cope with complexities in international consulting, case studies, and guidelines on implementation. Also included are illustrative examples and exercises to help you...

This updated bestseller shows leaders how to transform fragmentation into authentic community with new workplace applications and proven strategies for today’s divided world.With increasing violence, widening ideological divides, and growing economic inequality, a deeper sense of community is desperately needed. Yet typical ways of engaging people civically and organizationally remain unchanged. In Community, Peter Block explores how authentic community ca...

An expert discussion of the timeless fundamentals and latest tools that form the foundation of successful influencingRenowned consultant and author Peter Block delivers the latest and fourth edition of his best-selling Flawless Consulting, an intuitive and insightful step-by-step guide to the five phases of effective consulting. The book offers a deep exploration of the skills, tools, and behaviors required to successfully influence others. You'll see exac...

Empowerment produces the conditions for high performance. Especially for middle managers and below. Empowered cultures attract and retain talent. They produce high achievement, high accountability and high commitment.The Empowered Manager uncovers a roadmap to creating a more accountable culture in today's fragmented and virtual world. Bestselling author Peter Block is a true visionary: author of the classic Flawless Consulting, h...

A powerful, inspiring, and achievable vision of a society based on cooperation and community instead of competition and commodification. This book counters the dominant and destructive story that we are polarized, violent, selfish, and destined to consume everything in sight. That is not who we are. The challenge, Peter Block says, is that we are suffering under an economic theology that is based on scarcity, self-interest, competition, and infinite growth. We're told we can purchase and o...

Leiden is loslaten. Al in 1993 betoogde Peter Block dat een sterke leider moet durven loslaten. Niet controle maar vertrouwen is de sleutel tot succesvol leiderschap. Nu, precies twintig jaar later, blijkt deze revolutionaire visie actueler dan ooit. En gedurfder. Want welke leider durft in tijden van crisis de teugels te laten vieren? Welke leider durft belangeloos een stap opzij te doen om verantwoorde-lijkheid en eigenaarschap juist bij de werknemers op de laagste niveaus binnen de orga...

Revised and expanded: this classic guide to business leadership presents "an original and profound new view on how to run an organization" ( Library Journal).Despite all the evidence calling for change, most organizations still rely on patriarchy and control as their core form of governance. The result is that they stifle initiative and spirit and alienate people from their work. In Stewardship, Peter Block calls for a dramatic shift in how we dist...

The perfect resource for consultants, updated for a transformed and rapidly evolving marketIn the newly revised second edition of the Flawless Consulting Fieldbook, best-selling author and consultant Peter Block delivers an invaluable companion to the fourth edition of his popular Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Understanding Your Expertise. In the book, you’ll find an expansive toolkit you can draw on for information and guidance in the midst of ...

Feilloos adviseren beschrijft het adviesproces van a tot z. Aan de hand van talloze praktische richtlijnen, voorbeelden, oefeningen en uitgebreide checklists voert de auteur je door de vijf fases van advieswerk. Van het allereerste gesprek met de cliënt tot de implementatie van het advies en alles wat daar tussenin zit. Deze praktische gids is al bijna 40 jaar een baken voor adviseurs en andere professionals met een adviestaak. Volledig herzien en geactualiseerd, richt deze vierde editie z...

When the landmark best-seller Flawless Consulting was first published more than three decades ago, it was quickly adopted as the "consultant's bible." With his legendary warmth and passion, Peter Block explained how to deal effectively with clients, peers, and others. The book continues to speak to people in a support function inside organizations as well as to external consultants.This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Peter Block's groundbreaking book explores the la...

Standaardwerk voor adviseurs Feilloos adviseren is al 25 jaar het standaardwerk voor adviseurs. Dit praktische boek beschrijft de onderwerpen die in elk stadium van het adviesproces jouw aandacht vragen en vertelt je hoe je moet omgaan met cliënten in verschillende situaties. Je vindt in dit boek richtlijnen, voorbeelden, oefeningen en uitgebreide checklists. Beïnvloeden zonder invloed Als adviseur probeer je een situatie te beïnvloeden of te verbeteren zonder dat je zelf directe invloed h...

Modern culture’s worship of “how-to” pragmatism has turned us into instruments of efficiency and commerce—but we’re doing more and more about things that mean less and less. We constantly ask “how? and still struggle to find purpose and act on what matters. Instead of acting on what we know to be of importance, we wait for bosses to change, we seek the latest fad, we invest in one more degree. Asking how keeps us safe—instead of being led by our hearts into uncharted territory, we keep our...