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The Work Revolution

The Work Revolution Freedom and Excellence for All

Author: Julie Clow
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781118172056
Published In: March 2012
Format: Hardback , 254 pages
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Embrace connectivity, increase empowerment, and achieve better work-life blending

We live in a new age of global companies, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.

“I believe that freedom in the workplace is worth fighting for and that every person and every organization can be excellent.”

Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our work force, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create sustainable and engaging lives.

· Provides actionable changes anyone can make, regardless of where they work, to create a more sustainable work-life blend

· Details concrete ways to influence existing organizations to change

· Guides leaders to make tangible changes in their teams to enable greater autonomy and impact

· Outlines organizational culture principles that support and nurture high-performance and healthy environments, providing clear options for instituting cultural change based on specific organizational challenges

Rejecting productivity Band-Aids and quick fixes, The Work Revolution conceptualizes a completely new workplace that embraces the always-connected reality to create organizations in which high achievers can sustainably thrive.

Preface

Chapter 1: This Thing We Call Work

What is the Problem?

Creating a Work Revolution

Chapter 2: Signs We Have it Wrong

The Deluxe Job-Shove-It Quiz

Interpreting Your Answers

Chapter 3: The New Rules

Breaking the Old Rules

The New Rules

Chapter 4: Impact, Not Activities

Organizations as Problem Statements

Leaders Asking Questions

Individuals as Instigators

More Impact to Come

Summary

Chapter 5: Energy, Not Schedules

Rivers of Energy

The Energy of Individuals

The Energy of Value

Eliminating Bad Energy

Summary

Chapter 6: Strengths, Not Job Slots

Strengths, Talents, Passions

Naming Your Strengths

The Strengths of a Team

Building an Organization on Strengths

Summary

Chapter 7: The Right Things, Not Everything

And the Number One Leadership Skill is…

Strategy is Prioritization

Eliminate the Bottom, Push to the Top

Team Prioritization

Individuals

Summary

Chapter 8: Grassroots, Not Top-down

The Power of Small

Empowerment through Collective Intelligence

Letting Go of Control in Organizations

Summary

Chapter 9: Conclusion

What Success Looks Like

Epilogue

The Work Revolution Compendium

Acknowledgements

About Julie Clow

Notes

JULIE CLOW started her career at a training development company in Orlando, Florida, and quickly rose to become the Chief Learning Officer. She joined Google in 2006 and spent five years there leading team effectiveness, leadership, management, and organizational culture initiatives. She has worked on organizational improvement initiatives for a wide range of commercial, government, and even military organizations, such as the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, BellSouth, and SunTrust Bank. Julie also serves on the board of directors for the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) and is a frequent speaker at industry events. She holds a PhD in behavior analysis from Auburn University. She currently resides in New York.