Berrett Koehler Publishers: 672 books
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does
The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Top leadership researcher, consultant, and coach Susan Fowler says stop trying to motivate people! It's frustrating for everyone involved and it just doesn't work. You can't motivate people—they are already motivated but generally in superficial and short-term ways. In this book, Fowler builds upon...
The Courageous Follower
Standing Up to & for Our Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Many significant failures—from FEMA’s response to Hurricane Katrina to the recent economic collapse—could have been prevented or mitigated if those lower in the hierarchy were successful at communicating to leaders the risks they saw in the system. Ira Chaleff’s Courageous Follower model has...
The New Why Teams Don't Work
What Goes Wrong and How to Make It Right
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
The move to teams has largely failed, say Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley, mainly because teams themselves are failing to think through the human implications of teaming. The New Why Teams Don't Work is a handbook for team members and team leaders to maintain the highest possible level of team intelligence-the...
Wave Rider
Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
What began forty years ago as a journey of exploration into the interplay between chaos, order, and the creative process culminates in this capstone work of Harrison Owen's pioneering career. From the creator of Open Space Technology (OST), Wave Rider shows how to apply the fundamental principles...
The Spirit of Leadership
Liberating the Leader in Each of Us
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 1999
The business world is desperate for leaders. Books and courses on leadership flood the market as companies search in vain for that one person who can make sense of their rapidly changing environment through assertiveness, charisma, and control. According to noted consultant Harrison Owen, our inability...
The Power of Spirit
How Organizations Transform
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2000
Forms and transforms in people, they become strong, focused, and vibrant-and wonderful things can happen. But when the spirit is down, nothing else seems to make a difference-because not too much happens. Many of us today find ourselves trapped in just such organizations. The spirit in our workplace,...
Wave Rider
Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2008
What began twenty years ago as a journey of exploration into the interplay between chaos, order, and the creative process culminates in this capstone work of Harrison Owen’s pioneering career. From the creator of Open Space Technology (OST), Wave Rider shows how to apply the fundamental principles...
The Greater Goal
Connecting Purpose and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
One of the most powerful forces on Earth is an organization fully aligned, individual by individual, team by team, to achieve mutual success. In this vivid business story, Ken Jennings and Heather Hyde provide a road map to guide leaders through the process of engaging employees at all levels of the...
Ten Thousand Horses
How Leaders Harness Raw Potential for Extraordinary Results
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2007
Matt James is in trouble. Recently promoted to head his division, he has delivered two years of divisional losses in clients, market share, and profits. He knows his workers are talented and creative, but they don't respond to his efforts to lead them, and he's on the brink of being fired. In desperation,...
Employee Surveys That Work
Improving Design, Use, and Organizational Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Poorly designed employee surveys frustrate participants, analysts, and executives and can end up doing more harm than good. Alec Levenson offers sensible, practical ways to make them more useful and accurate and counters a number of unhelpful but common practices. He provides specific advice for ensuring...
Awakening Compassion at Work
The Quiet Power That Elevates People and Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
**Caring Is a Competitive Advantage
Suffering in the workplace can rob our colleagues and coworkers of humanity, dignity, and motivation and is an unrecognized and costly drain on organizational potential. Marshaling evidence from two decades of field research, scholars and consultants Monica...
Bridging the Values Gap
How Authentic Organizations Bring Values to Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
**Bridging the Values Gap
Business has a values problem. It's not just spectacular public scandals like Enron (which, incidentally, had a great corporate values statement). Many companies fail to live up to the standards they set for themselves, alienating the public and leaving employees cynical...
by William G. Arnold CCFM-A, CCA
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Avoid Violations of the Antideficiency Act!
Antideficiency Act (ADA) violations within both the financial and audit communities are now at an all-time high. Violations often result from a lack of knowledge about what is and what is not permissible under the law. The Antideficiency Act Answer...
by William J. Rothwell PhD, SPHR, Aileen G. Zaballero CPLP
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Taxpayers deserve the very best from public services, and first-rate public services can only be provided by outstanding government workers. Federal human resource managers face the challenge of attracting and retaining high-caliber individuals within the constraints of ever-tightening budgets...