by David Potter (Author), Jens Starke (Author)
A
significant driver of disengagement amongst employees is a lack of
psychological safety generated from weak and underdeveloped intra- and
interpersonal skills on the part of managers. Addressing the issue head
on, this book enables leaders to lead with conscious awareness to build
and sustain psychologically safe cultures through which team members may
positively engage with work in a far more meaningful and purposeful
way.
All too often, leadership-follower relationships
are purely transactional and focus on errors and problems, resulting in
an impoverished transactional leadership culture. These dynamics result
in weak rapport, low levels of emotional intelligence on the part of
line managers and, subsequently, employee disengagement. This book
unpacks these drivers in detail and builds a model that can be used as
the basis of personal development and as a large-scale intervention into
the leadership culture of an organisation. This model is very
accessible and can be used in a structured training programme through a
series of action learning workshops based upon coaching relationships
and mutual dialogue.
The book is ideal reading for
HRM managers, change leaders, learning and development managers,
students of management and leadership, and line managers in
organisations who are involved in leadership roles.
