Rekindling Commitment: How to Revitalize Yourself, Your Work, and Your Organization (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series): Dennis T. Jaffe, Cynthia D., Ph.D. Scott, Glenn R. Tobe

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From Library Journal
Jaffe and coauthor/spouse Cynthia Scott are owners of a San Francisco-based consulting firm specializing in family-run businesses. They have written this work to encourage and assist the average employee to become a change leader in today’s uncertain work environment. In this day of reengineering and reductions in force, the authors suggest that individuals who can form and lead small, organized groups focusing on quality will hold the key to change. Not without some risk to the individual, change can commence in the lower ranks, leading to empowerment. Uncertainty is a constant, and the authors suggest ways of dealing with it. They also provide some advice for making the transition: be a partner. With discussions about pyramids vs. circles, empowerment, quality, and personal power, the authors offer little that’s new. Appropriate for public libraries.
Randy Abbott, Univ. of Evansville Libs., Ind.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
A number of writers have recently noted the link between trust and organizational vitality. The authors here warn of a crisis of spirit in today’s workplace because organizations are failing their workers and losing their trust and commitment. Jaffe and his coauthors head a San Francisco-based organization development firm called HeartWork. They issue a challenge to individuals who are concerned about their own level of commitment to begin the process of change from within and become a leader of change, arguing that “empowerment and change start in the middle and move up the organization rather than from the top down.” They next discuss changes that need to be made within the organization and then focus on how individuals and organizations can work together successfully as partners. David Rouse

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