Description
In 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 More, Control Less describes eight essential skills for establishing a culture of autonomy and self-leadership. Using examples and case studies, Weisbord and Janoff describe how leaders can share responsibility, defuse group conflicts, show everyone the big picture, and more. With this approach, leaders truly gain more control by giving it up.
About the Author
Marvin Weisbord is an international consultant with more than fifty years' experience with large corporations, NGOs, and non-profits. He is the author of Organizational Diagnosis and Productive Workplaces and the editor and co-author of Discovering Common Ground. Weisbord and Janoff founded Future Search Network, an international collaborative of volunteers who deliver strategic planning services worldwide in any language for any culture. They also co-authored Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! and three editions of Future Search Sandra Janoff is a consultant and psychologist who works with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, communities, and non-profits on whole systems transformation. Janoff and Weisbord founded Future Search Network, an international collaborative of volunteers who deliver strategic planning services worldwide in any language for any culture. They also co-authored Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! and three editions of Future Search.
