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It’s a fact of life: birds flock, fish school, people “tribe.” Every company, indeed every organization, is a tribe, or if it’s large enough, a network of tribes–groups of 20 to 150 people in which everyone knows everyone else, or at least knows of everyone else. Tribes are more powerful than teams, companies, or even CEOs, and yet their key leverage points have not been mapped–until now. In Tribal Leadership, Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wri… More >>
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
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#1 by Mr Likeable on April 27, 2010 - 9:56 pm
What I liked:
Rich insights into human behaviour, group dynamics and individual motivation.
Very useful, structured and specific suggestions – in essence, management tips that can be applied.
More readable than the average business book – well written.
I would have liked:
Less of a “consultant hard sell” tone. I think there’s an emerging pattern of consultant academics writing books that over-sell the observations within, and verge on style exceeding substance. There is good stuff in this book, and the tips appear sensible, but the constant “move up one level at a time” to “the fifth level that we don’t even know yet” …maybe it’s just me, but I think this book would benefit by turning down the volume; not every set of consultants’ observations needs to promise a transformed world – it’s not going to happen. I think this is a common problem in current business literature.
Summary:
In my view, a very accessible and useful book that possibly over-estimates its own “system”.
I’d recommend it to young managers as a very good introduction to organisational dynamics, and to entrepreneurs who need a little help understanding the motivations of their employees.
This book probably augments “Good To Great” quite nicely – if you liked that, you might like this; I’d read “Good To Great” first.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Paul Walker on April 27, 2010 - 11:17 pm
As CEO Coach, Poet and author of a leadership book that helps leadrs unleash their genius and the genius of their corporations, I find this book a great resource for leading change. They help you understand the nature of corporate tribes and how to move people up to higher levels of performance. A must read. Paul David Walker Unleashing Genius: Leading Yourself, Teams and Corporations
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by J. Windemuller on April 27, 2010 - 11:46 pm
This book was so useful! What a different way of looking at how people work and communicate.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Brian Hurley on April 28, 2010 - 12:01 am
The authors demonstrate the power of language in business, and show readers how to leverage language to improve their tribes. This is a must-know framework and intervention for everyone at all levels of a tribe. Once I’ve been able to ’stage’ people, I am able to manage them much more effectively, both my direct reports AND my bosses. This book makes it clear to anyone how to take their tribe to the next level.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by J. A. Salinas on April 28, 2010 - 12:51 am
From the moment the simple framework of tribes is explained it all starts to make sense and epiphanies abound. This has been such a powerful tool in helping myself and everyone I work with to understand motivations of behavior and why our mentality changes depending on who we’re with or where we are. Most importantly, it has served as an important tool in updating the culture of the other medical professionals that I work with. Even the most difficult of people who are initially stuck at Stage 2 or 3 have begun to budge and we’re all happier and feel more accomplished because of it. This is the type of book that comes out once every few years that will make you want to keep spreading its message to your friends, family, and colleagues.
Rating: 5 / 5