Partnership And Leadership

Author : T. de Bruijn,Arnold Tukker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401725453

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Sustainable development has become a central perspective in environmental strategies around the world. It is clear that neither governments nor businesses have the capability to bring about sustainability on their own. Therefore, collaboration has emerged as a central concept. At the same time it is obvious that someone has to take the lead in the development towards sustainability. This book focuses on different forms of collaboration emerging between various actors. The objective of the book is to more systematically explore the different roles and relationships between partnership and leadership. Basically, both partnership and leadership can be seen in a positive and negative way: for example, as far as partnership is concerned, we can assume that the path towards sustainability can be paved by parties coming together, taking some initiative collaborating. On the opposite, partnership and consensus-based decisions can be seen as an obstacle to foster radical changes in production and consumption patterns. Similarly, leadership can be seen as an obstacle to sustainable development if leaders form close circles and are not willing to share experiences with other actors; but leadership could also be considered as an important element to keep concepts and practices forward. The book holds this double perspective: explaining, mapping and analyzing different goals/formats/methods of more and less collaborative approaches, but at the same time taking a critical approach to the theme by understanding related risks, effects, prospects and corrective actions. Next to a conceptual part, the book brings together case-studies from around the world. The focus is in describing and understanding various formats of collaboration and critically evaluating its effects and prospects. A concluding chapter discusses the role of partnership and leadership in realizing various levels of environmental innovations: optimization and re-design, that usually affect only a small part of the production/consumption structure, and much more complicated, radical innovations that have to deal with societal (sub)systems. The book is in part an edited version of selected papers presented during the 1998 Greening of Industry Conference in Rome on the subject, enriched with contributions of other invited authors.

Author : T. de Bruijn,Arnold Tukker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401725462

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Author : T. de Bruijn,Arnold Tukker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402004311

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Similarly, leadership can be seen as an obstacle to sustainable development if leaders form close circles and are not willing to share experiences with other actors; but leadership could also be considered as an important element to keep concepts and practices forward. The book holds this double perspective: explaining, mapping and analyzing different goals/formats/methods of more and less collaborative approaches, but at the same time taking a critical approach to the theme by understanding related risks, effects, prospects and corrective actions.

Author : Seth R. Silver,Timothy M. Franz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000434606

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Meaningful Partnership at Work by Seth R. Silver,Timothy M. Franz Pdf

Why are some work partnerships exceptional while most are not? How can we establish and sustain an enhanced level of cohesion, connection, and collaboration in the most important work relationship, the one between a manager and team? What could remedy the high levels of isolation and anxiety so many feel at work these days? Silver and Franz explore the concept of ‘meaningful partnership’ in the workplace. They present meaningful partnership as a mindset where both leaders and their teams are fully committed to ensuring the support and success of the other. Then, they describe a model called ERTAP, which stands for Empathy, Respect, Trust, Alignment, and Partnership, which is the foundation for meaningful partnership. Finally, they detail a practical yet transformative relationship-building process referred to as the Workplace Covenant. This enables leaders and teams to create mutual commitments with obligatory weight that help them to feel accountable for the success of the relationship and each other. The book includes real client stories that illustrate the dimensions of partnership and the Workplace Covenant process. Silver and Franz also outline other work relationships that can benefit from meaningful partnership, pitfalls to avoid, relevant research, and insights derived from years of consulting experience. This book is a must-read for leaders interested in a better working relationship with their team; for teams who have critical work partnerships with other teams; for individuals who work closely with other individuals and need an exceptional 1:1 partnership; and finally for third-party experts in HR or continuous improvement who are seeking a new powerful way to help clients feel supported and be more successful.

Author : Seth R. Silver,Timothy M. Franz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1003181473

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Why are some work partnerships exceptional while most are not? How can we establish and sustain an enhanced level of cohesion, connection, and collaboration in the most important work relationship, the one between a manager and team? What could remedy the high levels of isolation and anxiety so many feel at work these days? Silver and Franz explore the concept of 'meaningful partnership' in the workplace. They present meaningful partnership as a mindset where both leaders and their teams are fully committed to ensuring the support and success of the other. Then, they describe a model called ERTAP, which stands for Empathy, Respect, Trust, Alignment, and Partnership, which is the foundation for meaningful partnership. Finally, they detail a practical yet transformative relationship-building process referred to as the Workplace Covenant. This enables leaders and teams to create mutual commitments with obligatory weight that help them to feel accountable for the success of the relationship and each other. The book includes real client stories that illustrate the dimensions of partnership and the Workplace Covenant process. Silver and Franz also outline other work relationships that can benefit from meaningful partnership, pitfalls to avoid, relevant research, and insights derived from years of consulting experience. This book is a must-read for leaders interested in a better working relationship with their team; for teams who have critical work partnerships with other teams; for individuals who work closely with other individuals and need an exceptional 1:1 partnership; and finally for third-party experts in HR or continuous improvement who are seeking a new powerful way to help clients feel supported and be more successful.

Author : Gage E Paine Ph D
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1657620182

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Shall We Lead? by Gage E Paine Ph D Pdf

You can't dance with people who won't move. You can lead partners who won't be led.Join acclaimed leader, speaker, and facilitator Dr. Gage E. Paine as she reimagines leadership not just as a partnership, but as a dance. On the dance floor, a leader's success is largely determined by the talents and skills of their partners. The same can be said about organizations and communities. Because leadership is a partnership, leaders and followers have different but equally important, roles and responsibilities. Success is up to both partners.Using her years of experience studying, teaching, and practicing both leadership and ballroom dance, Paine challenges readers to develop a new understanding of leadership.In nine concise lessons, she encourages leaders and followers alike to explore leadership as a partnership and recognize the skills and potential each partner possesses.

Author : Gervase R. Bushe
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780891062813

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Clear Leadership by Gervase R. Bushe Pdf

Cut through the "mush" to sustain and improve the quality of your partnerships at work. Gervase R. Bushe named one of HR Magazine's Most Influential Thinkers 2016 What happened to that win-win partnership with your boss, colleage, or direct report that suddenly dissolved into mistrust and suspision? Despite your best intentions, how did hidden agendas, unresolved conflicts, and miscommunication get in the way? With new research, fresh insight, and up-to-date examples of what it takes to collaborativelyy organize and sustain healthy relationships at work, this newly revised edition of Clear Leadership tackles these issues head-on. Building on the powerful concepts that made the first edition such a success, Gervase Bushe explains why even the most promising partnerships get derailed and what you can do about it.

Author : Daryl Fischer,Laura B. Roberts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781538108420

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The Leadership Partnership by Daryl Fischer,Laura B. Roberts Pdf

The Leadership Partnership is volume two in the Museum Trustee Association’s Templates for Trustees series. The book and customizable web-based templates feature tools that help boards to consider their options, identify their priorities, and plan their actions at this critical moment in a museum’s life cycle. In addition to the manual and on-line website, purchasers have access to the ongoing assistance of MTA staff. As nonprofit management becomes more challenging, thinking about the relationship between the board and the director is evolving. The bright line between the board’s responsibility for policy and the staff’s responsibility for management is blurring. The Leadership Partnership explores and supports this critical partnership between the executive director and the board and helps leadership develop strategies and approaches appropriate for the individual institution. A series of online surveys allows board members to look at their own performance, that of the board as a whole and that of the executive director across ten critical areas of museum management: mission, vision and strategy; professional development, board operations, individual relationships, oversight, finances and fundraising, collections, facilities, and public engagement. The final template guides users into turning the findings from the surveys into a leadership plan, to be presented and discussed with the board.

Author : Cynthia Armstrong Persily, PhD, RN, FAAN
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826199898

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Team Leadership and Partnering in Nursing and Health Care by Cynthia Armstrong Persily, PhD, RN, FAAN Pdf

"I enjoyed this book. It provides excellent information on the current use of healthcare teams and partnerships. It is a worthwhile resource for anyone interested in developing and working with healthcare teams." Score: 100, 5 Stars.--Doody's Medical Reviews Teamwork is an undisputed asset for reducing nursing and medical errors, improving quality of patient care, resolving workload issues, and avoiding burnout. This text helps to foster the leadership expertise and partnerships that will facilitate the delivery of the highest-quality care. It based on the time-tested wisdom that leadership knowledge, skills and, competencies gained by training a group of nurses in the same organization rather than a single nurse are much more likely to result in genuine organizational transformation. It is the only text available to focus in depth on building and maintaining effective partnerships, motivating and developing others in the team, organizational analysis, strategizing, communicating, planning and managing change, measuring team and partnership effectiveness through metrics, and leveraging results within and outside of the organization. Case studies across a variety of organizations and environments and drawn from years of nursing team and leadership training, illuminate key points and provide readers with real life examples of the application of key concepts. These include such scenarios as developing a team to create, implement and evaluate a nurse residency program in a large tertiary hospital; creating a cross-agency public health team to plan and deploy rural H1N1 responses; founding a multi-campus team for the creation and implementation of a new BSN curriculum; and leadership in a partnership to support the legislative creation of a nursing workforce center. Learning objectives, tables, charts, models, and questions for thought in each chapter reinforce information in the text. Plentiful references provide opportunities for further study. Authored by a noted expert in education, team building, and policy making in nursing and health care, the book will be of value to emerging and seasoned leaders and graduate educators and students, including CNL, DNP, and NPs. Key Features: Examines, in depth, team leadership and professional, clinical, and educational partnering in and for nursing Features real-life case studies in diverse practice and academic centers Offers a practical approach to applying team leadership and partnership concepts when facilitating health care change Reviews team models and skills, how to take action, issues and challenges along the way, measuring results, and applying leverage to sustain gains Presents information in a concise, step-by-step format replete with learning objectives, tables, charts, and questions for thought

Author : Ann Hill Duin,Linda L. Baer,Doreen Starke-Meyerring
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0787959243

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Educause Leadership Strategies, Partnership in the Learning Marketspace by Ann Hill Duin,Linda L. Baer,Doreen Starke-Meyerring Pdf

Organizations around the world are forming innovative partnerships to offer virtual learning opportunities to global audiences. This book focuses on the crucial questions higher education leaders are asking about these "learning marketspace" partnerships: What do they look like? How will they influence educational delivery systems? When should an institution initiate such a partnership effort? What type of leader is needed for learning marketspace partnerships? What makes such partnerships successful? Partnering in the Learning Marketspace describes how leaders in higher education, government, community, and business can form productive partnerships to leverage the best content and provide a gateway to that content for learners around the globe. The authors present a framework for understanding the learning marketspace concept and offer an engaging blueprint for developing and implementing partnerships to support lifelong learners. The book includes practical information that will help potential learning marketspace partners learn to: understand the dynamics of marketspace portals; set priorities for partnering; assess partnership readiness; overcome obstacles to building partnerships; develop tools to support learners in e-mentor and e-community relationships; and identify leadership competencies in a global learning marketspace. The book includes insightful commentaries by national and international education leaders who have participated in electronic learning environments.

Author : Lynne Gornall,Brychan Thomas,Lucy Sweetman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350043565

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Exploring Consensual Leadership in Higher Education by Lynne Gornall,Brychan Thomas,Lucy Sweetman Pdf

Exploring Consensual Leadership in Higher Education explores the idea that the nature of academic work is both creative and consensual. Higher education relationships, whether between managers, staff, learners or the public sphere, are at their most effective when rooted in partnership, teamwork, collaboration and collegiality. The term 'consensual' is used because it situates new leadership models as structures based on consent, reflecting tacit traditions in education alongside ideas of leadership in other settings, including emerging industries. The aim is to celebrate achievements, encourage engagement opportunities, and add to the problem-solving knowledge-base. However, issues and problems in participatory engagement are also considered, and the borderlines between consensus (collective assent and agreement) and 'dissensus' (widespread, serious, disagreement) are examined critically. The contributors offer a range of alternative perspectives on leadership, reflecting the diverse forms and ways of working practised in different national higher educational contexts and cultural settings. The volume incorporates a variety of approaches and points of view, including stories of leadership and change, innovation projects and case studies, key interviews and insights, and collective team writing.

Author : Hank Rubin
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761978925

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Collaborative Leadership by Hank Rubin Pdf

This book is a practical exploration of what it takes to form and focus the collaborative relationships necessary to accomplish important public missions, particularly education. Its aim is to help practitioners improve their capacity and performance, and to begin a dialog involving practitioners, educators, and scholars that will generate more and better answers, models, and theories aimed at advancing the art of collaboration to the status of a science and a system that can be studied, taught, learned, and improved. Chapters 1 through 4 look at the context, reasons, and complexities of collaboration from a number of perspectives and pose a variety of arguments for doing collaboration. Chapters 5 through 9 attempt to respond to these arguments with explorations of how to do collaboration. Chapter 5 lays the groundwork for developing explanatory models of collaboration and connects collaboration to systems change. Chapter 6 introduces the 12 phases of collaboration's life cycle with a tool and framework to both assist practitioners and invite applied study. Chapter 7 introduces content skills and attributes that contribute to effective collaboration. Chapter 8 integrates practice and theory in a descriptive model of collaborative systems. Finally, chapter 9 provides a few items of advice for those readers looking for pithy guidance right away. (RT)

Author : Hank Rubin
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412965446

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Collaborative Leadership by Hank Rubin Pdf

This updated bestseller shows educators how they can improve student learning by building successful collaborative relationships with colleagues, students, and the community.

Author : Jan Robertson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780857026996

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Coaching Educational Leadership by Jan Robertson Pdf

Coaching Educational Leadership is about building leadership capacity in individuals, and in institutions, through enhancing professional relationships. It is based on the importance of maximising potential, and harnessing the ongoing commitment and energy needed to meet personal and professional goals. Based on over a decade of research and development, nationally and internationally, Coaching Educational Leadership brings you the empirical evidence, the principles, and the skills, to be able to develop your own leadership and that of others you work with. This book: - Challenges you to critically reflect on your leadership and professional relationships - Offers practical activities and exercises - Describes leadership coaching based on reciprocal processes - Seeks to connect theory and practice - Provides a basis for workshop activities in coaching, appraisal, and mentoring. Coaching Educational Leadership will assist educators who believe in the development of leadership at all levels, to dialogue effectively with professional colleagues for the improvement of leadership practice. This book comes highly recommended to those professionals committed to lifelong, experiential learning and reflective practice. An essential addition to the professional development programme. Jan Robertson is Director of London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education.

Author : Lloyd Reeb,Bill Wellons
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0805444505

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Unlimited Partnership by Lloyd Reeb,Bill Wellons Pdf

A unique two-books-in-one product that unites marketplace leaders and pastors in the common goal of ministry.