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A Company of Leaders

Five Disciplines for Unleashing the Power in Your Workforce

Robert E Quinn author Gretchen M Spreitzer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:10th Aug '01

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A Book in the University of Michigan Business School Series

To be successful in today's business environment, organizations need the knowledge, ideas, energy, and creativity of every employee. The best companies accomplish this by turning themselves into a company of leaders--an organization in which employees at every level take the initiative and act as though the business where their own. Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Robert E. Quinn draw on ten years of empirical research to show how employee empowerment can transform a workforce and create a very real competitive advantage. They describe five key disciplines that help empower employees to take initiative, be more innovative, engage in transformational change, and act as leaders. And they provide real-life examples specific tools and strategies that will help you to put those disciplines to work in your own organization.

"Finally, we have a book that demonstrates the power of true empowerment and how it can motivate an entire workforce. This book will become a classic in no time." --Warren Bennis, University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Adminstration, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business

"High-fives to Quinn and Spreitzer for A Company of Leaders! At last someone has taken a meaningful step toward demystifying the empowerment bugaboo!" --Tom Helton, executive vice president, Human Resources and Organization Development, United Stationers Supply Company

ISBN: 9780787955830

Dimensions: 237mm x 160mm x 23mm

Weight: 435g

224 pages