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Leading outside the lines : how to mobilize the (in)formal organization, energize your team, and get better results / Jon R. Katzenbach, Zia Khan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katzenbach, Jon R., 1932-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Employee motivation.
- Leadership.
- Corporate culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- An all-new approach to understanding the (in)formal connections of an organization From the bestselling coauthor of the business classic The Wisdom of Teams comes an all-new exploration of the modern workplace, and how leaders and managers must embrace it for success. Katzenbach and Khan examine how two distinct factions together form the bigger picture for how organizations actually work: the more defined ""formal"" organization of a company-the management structure, performance metrics, and processes-and the ""informal""-the culture, social networks, and ad hoc communities th
- Contents:
- Leading Outside the Lines: How to Mobilize the Informal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better Results; Contents; Introduction: Like Talking to a Wall; The Wall as an Analogue; The Origins of This Book; About the Content and Structure of the Book; Part One: USING THE INFORMAL TO ENHANCE THE FORMAL; Chapter 1: The Logic of the Formal; the Magic of the Informal; Chapter 2: When the Balance Shifts; Chapter 3: Jumping Together; Part Two: MOTIVATING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; Chapter 4: It's All About the Work; Chapter 5: Values Driven, Not Values Displayed
- Chapter 6: It's Still About PerformancePart Three: MOBILIZING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; Chapter 7: Setting the Fast Zebras Free; Chapter 8: Melting the Frozen Tundra; Chapter 9: Mobilizing: A Different Kind of Managing; Chapter 10: What to Do; In Conclusion; About Our Sources and Methodology; A Diagnostic Tool: Assessing Your Organizational Quotient; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612549809
- 9781282549807
- 1282549804
- 9780470621042
- 0470621044
- OCLC:
- 639165794
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