Developing Your Company Culture
The Joy of Leadership: A Handbook for Leaders and Managers
Barry Phegan Ph.D., Context Press, 1996, third printing 2000, 170 pages, $12.95.
This easy to read book will help leaders and managers understand and take charge of their company culture. It will guide any leader in building a work culture where:
- Everyone is engaged with the success of the enterprise.
- Problems are solved quickly by the people closest to them.
- People experience being valued as human beings.
- Productivity and profits jump.
The book includes tips and pointers for what you can do and say in many common
work situations. It also includes dozens of real life examples. The one-page/one-topic
format covers topics such as:
- Culture
- Leadership
- Communications
- Relationships
- Leading teams
- Making decisions
- Managing change
- Process management
- Productivity.
This handbook shows you:
- What to do — what not to do — and why.
- Identifies the structure to put in place that will assure your company's continued development.
- How small, gradual changes can build the work culture you want.
- How to start now, at your own pace, in your own way.
Developing Your Company Culture is distributed widely in many corporations
and is used in several MBA programs. This is an essential and very practical
resource for managers, leaders and business people who want to guide their
companies to their full potential. It is a handbook for leaders and mangers,
written by a leader and manager. It is a resource you will use again and again.
For a complete table of contents of the book or to order the book, go to www.amazon.com
Developing Your Company Culture is also available in Spanish. For more
information, please email: panorama@iserve.net.mx