All Hands on Deck: 8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership

by Joe Tye

In the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need all hands on deck In the stormy seas of today's world economy, organizations need people to own their work, not just rent a spot on the organization chart. All Hands on Deck is a fun-to-read story that is both a business strategy book about creating competitive advantage through corporate culture, and a personal development book that will inspire readers to be more committed and engaged with their work and their organizations. Drawing upon the wisdom of some of the greatest and most beloved business leaders of the 20th century, this essential A stirring resource for today's business environment, All Hands on Deck shares the tools you need to create an organization that competes and succeeds in today's turbulent world, and the inspiration that your people need to put those tools to work.

Genres: Nonfiction, Leadership

192 pages, Hardcover

First published June 17, 2010

About the author

oe is Founder and Head Coach of Values Coach (www.ValuesCoach.com), which provides training and consulting on values and culture for hospital and corporate clients. He is a best-selling author and frequent speaker for organization and association events. His books include All Hands on Deck: 8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership and The Florence Prescription: From Accountability to Ownership.

Joe also created the 60-module course on The Twelve Core Action Values, the world’s most comprehensive course on personal values and values-based life and leadership skills. Through the Values Collaborative, more than 500 people in more than 80 different organizations (as of this writing) have become Certified Values Coach Trainers (CVC-T) who share the course with coworkers (and in some cases reach out to a larger community). Paul Utemark, CEO of Fillmore County Hospital, said that as a result of this training: “I got a whole new team and didn’t have to change any of the people.”

Joe is an engaging and entertaining speaker who gives more than 100 presentations per year. He consistently earns “best of show” evaluation ratings and has many repeat clients. You can check Joe’s speaking topics and calendar and view the complete video of his keynote presentation for the annual leadership conference of Select Medical, America’s premier provider of rehabilitation services, at: http://www.valuescoach.com/speaking.

Reviews

[Olivia Finlayson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read had to restart since it had been so long since I had first started to read it. I think this is a great book. Super interesting. I also felt it didn’t belabor any points. The key is just enough information to paint an entire story in a condensed book, loved it, and would recommend to others easily.

[adllto · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great using a fictional impossible narrative to teach and bring out the issues. It draws widely and deeply from the experiences of many companies addressing issues of not just ownership but the generation of loyalty and commitment both from the management and from the workers.

Surprisingly the most significant piece for me was an appendix called The Self-Empowerment Pledge: Seven Simple Promises That Will Change Your Life. Very focused on changing yourself to enable ownership, these are 7 daily promises you make to yourself. I like what they have to say to me even though not specifically religious they contain an overtone of the spiritual. For example "Saturday’s Promise: Perspective - Though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I will find strength, compassion, and
grace through my trials."

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Joe Tye's story that culture is one of the most important things for companies to succeed. This was a quick read and as enjoyable these books can be (I prefer sci-fi/fantasy). There are a lot of references to other books, which at times I felt I was reading just a marketing tool to get the readers to buy and read these other books. I understand that this was the authors way to validate the concept. I enjoyed the fictional story with the embedded messages, I felt that the story moved a little too fast for be to believe this concept was the reason for these companies successes. I would have liked a little more depth and information with the smaller side stories. It does make you think about how you are managing your company and I am inspired to take these suggestions and make some changes.

[Barbara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Walt Disney leads a businessman in exploration of "building a culture of ownership". A few interesting anecdotes but hardly worth the hour or so I devoted to it.

[Alleta Baltes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for developing a positive culture where everyone feels they belong and are needed and are part of the group.