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The Power of Community: How Phenomenal Leaders Inspire their Teams, Wow their Customers, and Make Bigger Profits
Boost engagement--and profits--by feeding your staff's craving for community
It seems the more connected we are through email, smart phones, and social media, the more disconnected we become on a personal, human level--and teamwork suffers tremendously. If this is happening in your company, fear not. The solution is here.
The Power of Community provides a step-by-step approach to transforming your organization by tapping into the human need to connect with and feel valued by others. By creating a company culture based on core community values, you'll empower your workforce, build customer loyalty, and drive profits and growth.
This game-changing guide describes why "community" is the answer to employee disengagement--which is now at a record 70 percent--and it explains how to develop the kind of culture that makes an industry leader of your business. It takes hard work and determination, but the rewards will astound you.
"When people feel like they belong to one another, when they feel cared for, and they believe that the vision is worth sacrificing for, they will go the extra mile for the company," the author writes. This is true community, and it's at the core of today's most successful companies.
Business leaders often tell their people, "We're all in this together," but very few follow through on this sentiment. Separate yourself from the pack by implementing the simple but profoundly effective methods in this book. When people feel they're part of something bigger than themselves, they're more collaborative, creative, and innovative--and this will always drive organizational success.
Everyone wins in The Power of Community
It seems the more connected we are through email, smart phones, and social media, the more disconnected we become on a personal, human level--and teamwork suffers tremendously. If this is happening in your company, fear not. The solution is here.
The Power of Community provides a step-by-step approach to transforming your organization by tapping into the human need to connect with and feel valued by others. By creating a company culture based on core community values, you'll empower your workforce, build customer loyalty, and drive profits and growth.
This game-changing guide describes why "community" is the answer to employee disengagement--which is now at a record 70 percent--and it explains how to develop the kind of culture that makes an industry leader of your business. It takes hard work and determination, but the rewards will astound you.
"When people feel like they belong to one another, when they feel cared for, and they believe that the vision is worth sacrificing for, they will go the extra mile for the company," the author writes. This is true community, and it's at the core of today's most successful companies.
Business leaders often tell their people, "We're all in this together," but very few follow through on this sentiment. Separate yourself from the pack by implementing the simple but profoundly effective methods in this book. When people feel they're part of something bigger than themselves, they're more collaborative, creative, and innovative--and this will always drive organizational success.
Everyone wins in The Power of Community
224 pages, Hardcover
Published January 25, 2018
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January 2, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed this book! Howard has some great ideas that have real impact in your life and place of business. Highly recommend.
December 4, 2022
Why (Not) to read this book (Audience)
This book does not provide a tooling guide for creating a community. The book is about the human side of creating a community and even argues that a true community is not a remote but an in-person experience.
How this book changed my views (Takeaways)
1. Where there is no communication, there can’t be a community (Community = Communicating in Unity)
2. Having multiple Visions in a Team creates Division (2 x Vision = Division)
3. Meaningful work equals a meaningful life, we are longing for belonging.
-- a. Support: Community begins with coaching, where diversity of gifts are important, and having similar values build the foundation of the community.
-- b. Encouragement: Helping find people purpose, inspiring your members to do the things they may be afraid to do. Jim Collins’s advice: “Get the right people on the bus, then get them in the right seat.”
-- c. Accountability: There’s a big difference between forcing someone to be accountable and inviting someone into accountability through support and encouragement.
What did I color in the book (Highlights)
A manager is someone who accounts for resources, organizes processes, and reports data to directors. Although these things are very important, they won’t matter much if the manager doesn’t have the willing cooperation of the team members. Leaders develop people.
The origin of the word coach is carriage, which is simply a vehicle to help people get from where they are to where they want or need to be.
David Frey defines system as: Save Yourself Some Time Energy Money
This book does not provide a tooling guide for creating a community. The book is about the human side of creating a community and even argues that a true community is not a remote but an in-person experience.
How this book changed my views (Takeaways)
1. Where there is no communication, there can’t be a community (Community = Communicating in Unity)
2. Having multiple Visions in a Team creates Division (2 x Vision = Division)
3. Meaningful work equals a meaningful life, we are longing for belonging.
-- a. Support: Community begins with coaching, where diversity of gifts are important, and having similar values build the foundation of the community.
-- b. Encouragement: Helping find people purpose, inspiring your members to do the things they may be afraid to do. Jim Collins’s advice: “Get the right people on the bus, then get them in the right seat.”
-- c. Accountability: There’s a big difference between forcing someone to be accountable and inviting someone into accountability through support and encouragement.
What did I color in the book (Highlights)
A manager is someone who accounts for resources, organizes processes, and reports data to directors. Although these things are very important, they won’t matter much if the manager doesn’t have the willing cooperation of the team members. Leaders develop people.
The origin of the word coach is carriage, which is simply a vehicle to help people get from where they are to where they want or need to be.
David Frey defines system as: Save Yourself Some Time Energy Money
April 14, 2018
Liked the section on pods the rest seems to be one long advertisement
January 20, 2021
Love Howard Partridge! This is a really great book.
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