Lead More, Control Less

8 Advanced Leadership Skills That Overturn Convention

By: Marvin R. Weisbord, Sandra Janoff

Narrated by: Anna Crowe

Unleash Commitment, initiative, and innovation

In their decades of leading groups all over the world, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff discovered they could get superior results by creating an unconventional approach to leadership. Leaders still need to get everyone aligned around the same goals. But to maximize energy, creativity, and productivity, they gain more by focusing on structure rather than behavior, enabling people to take responsibility and manage themselves.

Lead More, Control Less describes eight essential skills for establishing a culture of autonomy and self-leadership. Using examples and case studies, Weisbord and Janoff describe how leaders can share responsibility, defuse group conflicts, show everyone the big picture, and more. With this approach, leaders truly gain more control by giving it up.

©2015 Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff (P)2015 Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff

Very Enjoyable.

I liked it. It was a great book to listen to and had helpful tips. I actually wanted to listen to the end.

I wanted more. I wanted it differently.

Future search is a process inclusive of many elements and this book describes one of them in many dimensions. Leadership.

Discussed out of context to the other elements of organizational transformation made it difficult to discern the points of integration and ultimately the impact of successful implementation.

On their own, the points were well taken but as a part of a bigger ecosystem shift, I found them to be helpful hints or reminders but not game-changers.