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Helping

How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help

by Edgar H. Schein ...

Series series The Humble Leadership Series
A Strategy+Business Best Leadership Book of the Year: An "uncommonly wise" analysis of the psychological and social dynamics of helping relationships (Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader).Helping is a fundamental human activity, but it can also be a frustrating one. All too often, to our bewilderment, our sincere offers of help are resented, resisted, or refused—and we often react the ... Read more

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A Strategy+Business Best Leadership Book of the Year: An "uncommonly wise" analysis of the psychological and social dynamics of helping relationships (Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader).Helping is a fundamental human activity, but it can also be a frustrating one. All too often, to our bewilderment, our sincere offers of help are resented, resisted, or refused—and we often react the
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Humble Consulting

How to Provide Real Help Faster

by Edgar H. Schein ...

Consulting in Complex and Changing TimesOrganizations face challenges today that are too messy and complicated for consultants to simply play doctor: run a few tests, offer a neat diagnosis of the “problem,” and recommend a solution. Edgar Schein argues that consultants have to jettison the old idea of professional distance and work with their clients in a more personal way, emphasizing authentic ... Read more

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Consulting in Complex and Changing TimesOrganizations face challenges today that are too messy and complicated for consultants to simply play doctor: run a few tests, offer a neat diagnosis of the “problem,” and recommend a solution. Edgar Schein argues that consultants have to jettison the old idea of professional distance and work with their clients in a more personal way, emphasizing authentic
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Organizational Culture and Leadership

by Edgar H. Schein ...

Series series The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series
The book that defined the field, updated and expanded for today's organizationsOrganizational Culture and Leadership is the classic reference for managers and students seeking a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship of organizational culture dynamics and leadership. Author Edgar Schein is the 'father' of organizational culture, world-renowned for his expertise and research in the field; ... Read more

$43.00 USD

The book that defined the field, updated and expanded for today's organizationsOrganizational Culture and Leadership is the classic reference for managers and students seeking a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship of organizational culture dynamics and leadership. Author Edgar Schein is the 'father' of organizational culture, world-renowned for his expertise and research in the field;
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Facilitating Breakthrough

How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together

by Adam Kahane ...

A new approach to helping teams solve complex and stubborn problems from the acclaimed author of Collaborating with the Enemy.It's becoming less straightforward for people to move forward together. They face increasing complexity and decreasing control. They need to work with more people from across more divides. In such situations, the most common ways of advancing—some people telling others what ... Read more

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A new approach to helping teams solve complex and stubborn problems from the acclaimed author of Collaborating with the Enemy.It's becoming less straightforward for people to move forward together. They face increasing complexity and decreasing control. They need to work with more people from across more divides. In such situations, the most common ways of advancing—some people telling others what
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Humble Inquiry, 3rd Edition

The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

by Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein ...

Most leaders assume they're good communicators. What they're actually doing—most of the time—is telling. And telling, even when well-intentioned, is a subtle power move that shuts people down, withholds critical information, and quietly erodes trust.Humble Inquiry makes the case for a different approach: asking questions you genuinely don't know the answers to, from a posture of curiosity rather ... Read more

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Most leaders assume they're good communicators. What they're actually doing—most of the time—is telling. And telling, even when well-intentioned, is a subtle power move that shuts people down, withholds critical information, and quietly erodes trust.Humble Inquiry makes the case for a different approach: asking questions you genuinely don't know the answers to, from a posture of curiosity rather
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DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC

The Lasting Legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation

by Edgar H. Schein, Paul J. Kampas, Peter S. DeLisi, Michael M. Sonduck ...

From an insider, the forty-year saga of the rise and fall of Digital Equipment Corporation, one of the pioneering companies of the computer age.Digital Equipment Corporation created the minicomputer, networking, the concept of distributed computing, speech recognition, and other major innovations. It was the number-two computer maker behind IBM. Yet it ultimately failed as a business and was sold ... Read more

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From an insider, the forty-year saga of the rise and fall of Digital Equipment Corporation, one of the pioneering companies of the computer age.Digital Equipment Corporation created the minicomputer, networking, the concept of distributed computing, speech recognition, and other major innovations. It was the number-two computer maker behind IBM. Yet it ultimately failed as a business and was sold
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Career Anchors Reimagined

Finding Direction and Opportunity in the Changing World of Work

by John Van Maanen, Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein ...

Series series Jossey-Bass Leadership Series
Take back control of your career journeyIn the newly revised edition of Career Anchors: Finding Stability and Opportunity in the Changing Nature of Work, a team of world-renowned management and culture experts delivers a uniquely insightful exploration of your own career values and work relationships as they relate to your past and future choices. This easy-to-use workbook in combination with an ... Read more

$21.00 USD

Take back control of your career journeyIn the newly revised edition of Career Anchors: Finding Stability and Opportunity in the Changing Nature of Work, a team of world-renowned management and culture experts delivers a uniquely insightful exploration of your own career values and work relationships as they relate to your past and future choices. This easy-to-use workbook in combination with an
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Humble Leadership, Second Edition

The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust

by Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein ...

Discover a more agile, democratic, and effective model of leadership, from legendary business scholar Edgar Schein and Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein.Legendary organizational scholar Edgar Schein and former Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein say leadership today requires that people transcend their hierarchical roles and relate to each other as human beings-what they call humble ... Read more

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Discover a more agile, democratic, and effective model of leadership, from legendary business scholar Edgar Schein and Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein.Legendary organizational scholar Edgar Schein and former Silicon Valley executive Peter Schein say leadership today requires that people transcend their hierarchical roles and relate to each other as human beings-what they call humble
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Goal Play!

Leadership Lessons from the Soccer Field

by Paul F. Levy ...

This book offers insights from sports, health care, business and government to help leaders get better outcomes. Here are some comments from experts in the field: Paul Levy, who managed the cleanup of Boston Harbor and became the nation’s most acclaimed hospital CEO, is a leader of uncommon skill and breadth. In Goal Play!, he offers powerful lessons in leadership by drawing on experiences ranging ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book offers insights from sports, health care, business and government to help leaders get better outcomes. Here are some comments from experts in the field: Paul Levy, who managed the cleanup of Boston Harbor and became the nation’s most acclaimed hospital CEO, is a leader of uncommon skill and breadth. In Goal Play!, he offers powerful lessons in leadership by drawing on experiences ranging
... Read more
The Corporate Culture Survival Guide

by Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein ...

Effective, sustainable cultural change requires evolution, not disruptionThe Corporate Culture Survival Guide is the essential primer and practical guide every organization needs. Corporate culture pioneer Edgar H. Schein breaks the concept of 'culture' down into real terms, delving into the behaviors, values, and shared assumptions that define it, and explains why culture is the central factor in ... Read more

$19.00 USD

Effective, sustainable cultural change requires evolution, not disruptionThe Corporate Culture Survival Guide is the essential primer and practical guide every organization needs. Corporate culture pioneer Edgar H. Schein breaks the concept of 'culture' down into real terms, delving into the behaviors, values, and shared assumptions that define it, and explains why culture is the central factor in
... Read more
Organization Development

A Jossey-Bass Reader

Edited by Joan V. Gallos ...

Series series The Jossey-Bass Business and Management Reader Series
This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bolman & Deal, Kouzes & Posner, and Ed Schein, among others."Without reservations I ... Read more

$49.00 USD

This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bolman & Deal, Kouzes & Posner, and Ed Schein, among others."Without reservations I
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Dialogic Organization Development

The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

Edited by Gervase R. Bushe, Robert J. Marshak ...

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of ... Read more

$55.49 USD

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of
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