Managing Empowerment

Oct 2, 2024 12:31 PM

Author:David Jenkins

Many senior managers are faced with the decision as to whether or not they should 'go' for empowerment. Their major concern is the likely effect of empowerment on mangers, supervisors, and the organisation as a whole. Empowerment has the capacity to bring about major changes in the roles of every key player, and ultimately leads to the emergence of a new organisation. This book examines the implications for empowerment at every level, including such issues as training, career paths, company communications and the ability to respond to the demands of the market place. It is supported by plentiful case study material, much of it drawn from the author's own experience.

Reviews

Edward doesn't just think. He is a one-man global industry, whose work is gospel in government, universities, schools, corporates and even prisons all over the world

—— Times 2

The master of creative thinking

—— Independent on Sunday

Edward de Bono is a cult figure in developing tricks to sharpen the mind

—— The Times

Edward de Bono is a toolmaker, his tools have been fashioned for thinking, to make more of the mind

—— Peter Gabriel

de Bono's work may be the best thing going in the world today

—— George Gallup, originator of the Gallup Poll

The guru of clear thinking

—— Marketing Week

Thanks to Tim Ferriss, I have more time in my life to travel, spend time with family and write book blurbs. This is a dazzling and highly useful
work.

—— A.J. Jacobs, Editor-at-Large, Esquire Magazine, Author of "The Know-It-All

If you want to live life on your own terms, this is your blueprint.

—— Mike Maples, Co-founder of Motive Communications (IPO to $260M market cap), Founding Executive of Tivoli (sold to IBM for $750M)

Tim is Indiana Jones for the digital age. I've already used his advice to go spearfishing on remote islands and ski the best hidden slopes of Argentina. Simply put, do what he says and you can live like a millionaire.

—— Albert Pope, Derivatives Trading, UBS World Headquarters

This engaging book makes you ask the most important question that you will ever face: What exactly is it that you want out of work and life, and why? Tim Ferriss is a master of getting more for less, often with the help of people he doesn't even know, and here he gives away his secrets for fulfilling your dreams.

—— Bo Burlingham, Editor-at-Large, "Inc." magazine, Author of "Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big"

Reading this book is like putting a few zeros on your income. Tim brings lifestyle to a new level-listen to him!

—— Michael D. Kerlin, McKinsey & Company Consultant to Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, J. William Fulbright Scholar

Part scientist and part adventure hunter, Tim Ferriss has created a road map for an entirely new world. I devoured this book in one sitting-I have seen nothing like it.

—— Charles L. Brock, Chairman and CEO, Brock Capital Group, Former CFO, COO, and General Counsel, Scholastic, Inc., Former President, Harvard Law School Association.

Outsourcing is no longer just for Fortune 500 companies. Small and mid-sized firms, as well as busy professionals, can outsource their work to increase their productivity and free time for more important commitments. It's time for the world to take advantage of this revolution.

—— Vivek Kulkarni, CEO Brickwork India and former IT Secretary, Bangalore, Credited as the"techno-bureaucrat" who helped make Bangalore an IT destination in India

Tim is the master! I should know. I followed his rags to riches path and watched him transform himself from competitive fighter to entrepreneur. He tears apart conventional assumptions until he finds a better way.

—— Dan Partland, Emmy Award-Winning Producer"; American High, Welcome to the Dollhouse

The 4-Hour Workweek" is an absolute necessity for those adventurous souls who want to live life to its fullest. Buy it and read it before you sacrifice any more!

—— John Lusk, Group Product Manager, Microsoft World Headquarters

If you want to live your dreams now, and not in 20 or 30 years, buy this book!

—— Laura Roden, Chairman of the Silicon Valley Association of Start-up Entrepreneurs, Lecturer in Corporate Finance, San Jose State University

With this kind of time management and focus on the important things in life, people should be able to get 15 times as much done in a normal work week.

—— Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Financiers to innovators including Hotmail, Skype, and Overture.com

Tim Ferriss's book is about gaining the courage to streamline your life
... But even more than that, it challenges the reader to seriously consider an essential-yet rarely asked-question: What do you really want from life?

—— Rolf Potts, Author of "Vagabonding" and Travel Columnist for Yahoo! News

Tim has done what most people only dream of doing. I can't believe he is going to let his secrets out of the bag. This book is a must read!

—— Stephen Key, Top Inventor and Team Designer of Teddy Ruxpin, Lazer Tag, Consultant to "American Inventor"

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