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The empowered manager
Book • 1987
In 'The Empowered Manager', Peter Block offers a roadmap to transforming traditional organizational management by fostering an entrepreneurial mindset.
The book emphasizes the importance of empowerment, autonomy, and positive politics in creating a culture of high performance and commitment.
It challenges the patriarchal contract that often leads to dependency and instead promotes self-expression and enlightened self-interest.
The book emphasizes the importance of empowerment, autonomy, and positive politics in creating a culture of high performance and commitment.
It challenges the patriarchal contract that often leads to dependency and instead promotes self-expression and enlightened self-interest.
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as a helpful book on organizational politics for leaders.


Dave Stachowiak

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614: The Way to Get Noticed by Key Stakeholders, with Daphne E. Jones
Recommended by 

as a resource for navigating organizational politics.


Dave Stachowiak

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529: The Way Out of Major Conflict, with Amanda Ripley
Mentioned by 

as a book that addresses dependent relationships in the workplace.


Bonni Stachowiak

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638: Giving Up on Getting It All Done, with Bonni Stachowiak
Recommended by 

for its perspective on managing with peers and changing perspectives on work relationships.


Bonni Stachowiak

578: Leadership When Others Know More Than You, with Bonni Stachowiak
Recommended by Bonnie Stachowiak to help a team member who is being taken advantage of by their boss, suggesting it transformed her career.

407: Helping Someone Who’s Being Taken Advantage Of, with Bonni Stachowiak
Mentioned by 

in relation to the importance of listening and learning in a new leadership role.


Bonni Stachowiak

524: How to Respond to Burnout, with Bonni Stachowiak
Recommended by Bonnie Stachowiak for advice on managing unhealthy workplace relationships.

434: When Your Boss Has Checked Out, with Bonni Stachowiak
Mentioned by 

for advice on dealing with opponents and adversaries in organizational politics.


Dave Stachowiak

483: How to Start in Leadership, with Bonni Stachowiak
Mentioned by 

as a key thinker on managing up and building interdependent relationships with bosses.


Bonni Stachowiak

515: Managing Up, Team Guidelines, and Reading Well, with Bonni Stachowiak