(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Peter Block
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this new edition of his classic book, Peter Block offers an alternative to the increasing economic, relational, and ideological divides in our culture. To achieve a deeper sense of connection and belonging, we need to change the narrative from one of deficiencies and entitlement to one of possibility and generosity. This is how community is created, and Block shows how it's done with examples from neighborhoods, towns, and cities around the United...
Author
Language
English
Description
Despite all the evidence calling for change, most organizations still rely on patriarchy and control as their core form of governance. The result is that they stifle initiative and spirit and alienate people from their work. In Stewardship, Peter Block calls for a dramatic shift in how we distribute power, privilege, and the control of money. "Stewardship," he writes, "is the willingness to be accountable for the well-being of the larger organization...
Author
Language
English
Description
A powerful, inspiring, and achievable vision of a society based on cooperation and community instead of competition and commodification.
This book counters the dominant and destructive story that we are polarized, violent, selfish, and destined to consume everything in sight. That is not who we are.
The challenge, Peter Block says, is that we are suffering under an economic theology that is based on scarcity, self-interest, competition, and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Modern culture's worship of "how-to" pragmatism has turned us into instruments of efficiency and commerce-but we're doing more and more about things that mean less and less. We constantly ask "how? and still struggle to find purpose and act on what matters. Instead of acting on what we know to be of importance, we wait for bosses to change, we seek the latest fad, and we invest in one more degree. Asking how keeps us safe-instead of being led by our...
Author
Language
English
Description
Renowned consultant and author Peter Block delivers the latest and fourth edition of his bestselling Flawless Consulting, an intuitive and insightful step-by-step guide to the five phases of effective consulting. The book offers a deep exploration of the skills, tools, and behaviors required to successfully influence others. You'll see exactly what you need to say and do to help others achieve their goals, whether you are an internal or external consultant...
Author
Language
English
Description
When the landmark best-seller Flawless Consulting was first published more than three decades ago, it was quickly adopted as the "consultant's bible." With his legendary warmth and passion, Peter Block explained how to deal effectively with clients, peers, and others. The book continues to speak to people in a support function inside organizations as well as to external consultants. This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Peter Block's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Confronting Our Freedom is about reframing the common practices rising from traditional thinking about management and leadership. Most management theory and practice are about the need for clear constraints to succeed in the world where we work, but this now conventional thinking about managing calls for adaptation when working remotely has become common. This book is an invitation to freedom. Structuring our world for freedom is the path to collective...
Author
Language
English
Description
Our seduction into beliefs in competition, scarcity, and acquisition are producing too many casualties. We need to depart a kingdom that creates isolation, polarized debate, an exhausted planet, and violence that comes with the will to empire. The abbreviation of this empire is called a consumer culture.
We think the free-market ideology that surrounds us is true and inevitable and represents progress. We are called to better adapt, be more agile,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book challenges the conventional wisdom about what you and I can do as citizens to shape our future. McKnight and Block offer concrete examples of what citizens can do and have done by drawing on resources in their families and communities."---David Mathews, President, Kettering Foundation" ""This book is the basis for health and happiness in any society. A must-read".---Quentin Young, Chairman, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, and...
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The task of leadership is to convene people into co-creating a future distinct from the past. Hear from organizational expert Peter Block address: * The difference between management and leadership * Why we must rewrite the rules of how we work together * How to create cultures of engagement * The art of convening and how leaders can bring people together to co-create impactful solutions This talk is facilitated by Berrett-Koehler Publisher and President...
11) Summering
Author
Language
English
Description
During their last days of summer and childhood - the weekend before middle school begins - four girls struggle with the harsh truths of growing up and embark on a mysterious adventure. Starring Megan Mullally, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley Madekwe, Lia Barnett, Madalen Mills, Eden Grace Redfield, and Sanai Victoria.