Customer Review: The author presents some radical ideas about community building. I found myself absorbed in understanding how to change my thinking about communities. The book is well written and will become a book for which I will refer to on many occasions.
Customer Review: Excellent book, excellent resource. It was recommended to me by a friend who has been consulting for some time, and it is written in a practical, cogent, and to-the-point style that presents topics in a manner allowing immediate assimilation of content. If it had substantive advice on business... more info
Customer Review: Block presents the concept of stewardship as a new form of leadership or governance that places service ahead of self-interest and creates partnership rather than dependency. It takes the idea of empowerment presented in his earlier book, The Empowered Manager, to a whole new level. Block is... more info
Customer Review: Unfortunately I had to return the book beacuse my course instructor no longer required it as the main text for the class. The seller was extremely understanding in giving me the refund with no questions asked. The text was in great condition also.
Customer Review: Is change failing? Are multiple leaders' initiatives foundering? Is vast energy being expended on change projects by roving teams of the best and the brightest? Maybe the approach is all wrong. Maybe you need ... more people.
So argues Richard Axelrod, democrat and change consultant. Believing... more info
Customer Review: This unusual book is an assembly of 12 stories of identity written by twelve authors of note in the GLBT community. It is unique, in that the stories vary from spiritually philosophical to personal histories to comic strips - all dealing with teen GLBT experiences.
The book starts with a tale... more info
Customer Review: Anyone wanting to ge a great consultant should read Peter Block. I really like the fieldbook as it provides great stories that get to the heart of being a flawless consultant.
Customer Review: This book offers the middle-aged middle manager a strategy for surging ahead instead of sinking in an ocean of uncontrollable organizational forces. Author Peter Block provides strategies for countering the negative effects of being enmeshed in hierarchy and bureaucracy. Reactions to that... more info
Customer Review: This book becomes more relevant every year! For organizations that want responsible employees, it challenges leadership to consider the assumptions that drive traditional HR performance appraisal processes - most importantly those arising from the common `parental' or `patriarchy' model of... more info
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