Unleash Commitment, Initiative, and InnovationIn their decades of leading groups all over the world, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff discovered they could get superior results by creating an unconventional approach to leadership. Leaders still need to get everyone aligned around the same goals. But to maximize energy, creativity, and productivity, they gain more by focusing on structure rather than behavior, enabling people to take responsibility and manage themselves.Lead ...

This practical guide details ten key principles that will profoundly change the way you think about, organize, and lead the meetings that matter most.Rather than trying to change anyone's behavior, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff show you how to change the conditions under which people interact. By doing less, you help others do more.With examples from around the world, and practical tips and exercises in every chapter, Don't Just Do Something, Stand ...

Nadie duda que el control y la coordinación dentro de una empresa permiten que esta sea más productiva y conduzca a mejores resultados. Sin embargo para lograr esto, se requiere de un estilo de dirección menos controlador y más inspirador, un liderazgo efectivo. Para conseguirlo, los autores proponen 8 tácticas que todo gerente puede implemnetar de una forma rápida y beneficiando a su grupo de colaboradores. El gran aporte del libro es cómo controlar más la organización, pero reduciendo la...

Arbeitstreffen, Sitzungen und ähnliche Zusammenkünfte gibt es wie Sand am Meer. Planungstreffen, Arbeitstreffen, Strategietreffen, Teamtreffen, Vorstandstreffen, Vorbereitungstreffen, Jahrestreffen, Auswertungstreffen, Projekttreffen, Mitarbeitertreffen, Netzwerktreffen.... Oft werden sie als langweilige, unproduktive, aber unvermeidliche Rituale erlebt. Dem ist abzuhelfen! Die zehn Grundsätze zeigen dem Leser, welche strukturellen Bedingungen die Verantwortung der Gruppe stärken und wie d...

Unleash Commitment, Initiative, and InnovationIn their decades of leading groups all over the world, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff discovered they could get superior results by creating an unconventional approach to leadership. Leaders still need to get everyone aligned around the same goals. But to maximize energy, creativity, and productivity, they gain more by focusing on structure rather than behavior, enabling people to take responsibility and manage thems...

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Future Search is among the best-established and most effective methods for enabling people to make and implement ambitious plans. It has been used to redesign IKEA’s product pipeline in Sweden, develop an integrated economic development plan in Northern Ireland, and demobilize child soldiers in Southern Sudan. Written by the originators, this book is the most up-to-date account of this powerful change method. This third edition is completely revised, reorga...

Leading experts Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff describe eight highly effective leadership skills that confound conventional views-you can be a more effective leader if you give up trying to change or control people.Leadership experts Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff make a bold claim: contrary to conventional management theory, you actually gain more control when you exert less pressure on those you lead-which also means less stress for you.Working with people all over ...

Presents often contrarian insights into how to design meetings that actually accomplish something Filled with case examples and exercises Draws on the authors' decades of experience working with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies worldwide This practical guide details ten key principles that will profoundly change the way you think about, organize, and lead the meetings that matter most. Rather than trying to change anyone's behavior, Weisbord and Janoff show you how to change...

Everybody hates meetings. And why shouldn't they? Most meetings are poorly led, counter-productive, and time-wasting. Based on decades of practice and research, bestselling authors Weisbord and Janoff have come to the conclusion that most people lead meetings incorrectly. They, instead, propose ten contrarian principles that actually get things done.