Ingrid Bens

Facilitating to Lead! (eBook, PDF)

Leadership Strategies for a Networked World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Of all the skill sets that support the shift from a traditional management role to a more collaborative approach, none is more relevant than that of the role of the facilitator. The beliefs, behaviors, and practices of facilitation are precisely what all leaders need to acquire and put into action. In Facilitating to Lead! renowned facilitation expert Ingrid Bens applies her proven concepts of facilitation to the leadership role and demonstrates that facilitation is an effective work style, not merely a meeting technique. Throughout the book, Bens outlines the organizational and personal benefits of facilitative leadership and includes useful checklists to help leaders determine the situations when facilitative leadership is most appropriate to apply. Because empowerment is a core issue in the implementation of facilitative leadership, the book presents a four-level model that reframes empowerment from a vague concept to a concrete structuring tool.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780787986445
• Artikelnr.: 37341449

Autorenporträt

Ingrid Bens is a consultant, speaker, and trainer who specializes in facilitation skills, team building, conflict management, employee participation, and organizational change. She is a partner in the consulting firm Participative Dynamics. Bens is the author of Facilitating with Ease! and Advanced Facilitation Strategies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. The Author. 1. The Leadership Context. The
Transforming Workplace. Matrix Work Is Different. Examples of Matrix
Networks. Changing Workforce Expectations. Technology Matters. Implications
for Leaders. The Overlooked Tool Set. What Is Facilitative Leadership?
Traditional Directive Leaders. Today's More Engaging Leaders. The Traits of
Facilitative Leaders. The Need for Versatility. Organizational Benefits of
Deploying Facilitative Leaders. Personal Benefits of Shifting Styles for
Leaders. Making the Match. 2. Preparing the Workplace for Facilitative
Leadership. The Four-Level Empowerment Model. Using the Model. How Much
Empowerment Is Enough? Correcting Perceptions of Weakness. The Durability
of the Directive Mode. Overcoming Barriers to Process. Buy-In Strategies.
The Importance of Organizational Support. Implementation Strategies.
Determining Organizational Readiness Criteria. 3. The Work of the
Facilitative Leader. Features of the Role. Facilitating to Lead. The Seven
Guiding Principles for Facilitative Leadership. A New Position Description.
The Supportive Behaviors. The Importance of Assertiveness. Gaining
Authority. 4. Transitioning into the Role. Questions and Answers About the
Role of Facilitative Leader. The Challenge for Employees. Employees as
Partners. Peer Feedback. 5. Meeting Mastery. Four Types of Conversations.
Beyond Regular Staff Meetings. Facilitating Teleconferences. Preventing
Meeting Problems. Monitoring Meeting Quality. 6. The Ten Essential
Processes. Matching Processes to Stages. The Processes . Scheduling the
Essential Processes. 7. Measuring Performance. Performance Dimensions of
the Facilitative Organization. Measuring Individual Performance. Epilogue:
Life in a Facilitative Organization. Appendix A. Organizational Readiness
Assessment. Appendix B. Facilitation Skills Self-Assessment. Further
Reading. Index.