Preface | p. xii |
Citizens' Tales | |
The story of Greg Grimshaw at BP | p. 3 |
Why Greg is important to the success of BP | p. 6 |
What Greg has done to be the best he could be | p. 8 |
What BP has done to help Greg become the best he could be | p. 9 |
The story of Nina Bhatia at McKinsey | p. 10 |
Why Nina is important to the success of McKinsey | p. 13 |
What Nina has done to become the best she could be | p. 14 |
What McKinsey has done to support Nina to be the best she could be | p. 15 |
The story of Stewart Kearney at BT | p. 16 |
Why Stewart is important to the success of BT | p. 18 |
What Stewart has done to be the best he could be | p. 19 |
What BT has done to support Stewart to be the best he could be | p. 20 |
The value of the Democratic Enterprise | p. 21 |
What Democracy Means | |
A short history of democracy | p. 26 |
Classical democracy | p. 26 |
Liberal democracy | p. 28 |
Direct democracy | p. 29 |
Competitive, elitist democracy | p. 30 |
Legal democracy | p. 31 |
The tenets of the Democratic Enterprise | p. 33 |
An adult-to-adult relationship | p. 36 |
Individuals as investors | p. 37 |
The expression of diverse qualities | p. 38 |
Participation in the determination of conditions of association | p. 40 |
The liberty of some individuals is not at the expense of others | p. 41 |
Accountabilities and obligations | p. 42 |
Democracy at Work | |
The Democracy Study | p. 44 |
An adult-to-adult relationship | p. 44 |
Individuals as investors | p. 47 |
The expression of diverse qualities | p. 49 |
Participation in the conditions of association | p. 51 |
The liberty of some individuals is not at the expense of others | p. 54 |
Accountabilities and obligations | p. 56 |
The state of enterprise democracy | p. 59 |
Why are some companies more democratic than others? | p. 65 |
The Drivers to Democracy | |
The first force of democracy: the shift in individuals | p. 69 |
The baby boomers want a life | p. 70 |
Generations X and Y want autonomy and choice | p. 72 |
The second force of democracy: the shift in technology | p. 74 |
Support for individual autonomy | p. 78 |
Support for flexibility and variety | p. 79 |
Building Individual Autonomy | |
The citizen investor | p. 82 |
The elements of human capital | p. 83 |
Intellectual capital | p. 85 |
Emotional capital | p. 88 |
Social capital | p. 90 |
Leveraging human capital | p. 94 |
How individuals become autonomous | p. 97 |
Becoming aware | p. 100 |
Becoming reflective | p. 103 |
Creating models | p. 105 |
Taking action | p. 108 |
How organizations support autonomy | p. 110 |
Supporting awareness | p. 111 |
Encouraging reflection | p. 114 |
Assisting model building | p. 115 |
How organizations understand employees | p. 117 |
Building employee insight at Tesco | p. 119 |
Crafting Organizational Variety | |
Pioneers of democracy | p. 128 |
Variety of job assignments: BP | p. 130 |
Variety of job assignments: the insights | p. 133 |
Variety of projects and task forces: McKinsey | p. 135 |
Variety of projects and task forces: the insights | p. 138 |
Choice of job content: Sony | p. 140 |
Variety of job content: the insights | p. 145 |
Choice of training: Unisys | p. 147 |
Variety in training: the insights | p. 151 |
Choice of developmental relationships: Goldman Sachs | p. 153 |
Variety in relationships: the insights | p. 156 |
Choice of rewards and benefits: AstraZeneca | p. 158 |
Variety in rewards and benefits: the insights | p. 160 |
Choice of location: BT | p. 161 |
Variety in location: the insights | p. 163 |
Choice of time: HP | p. 166 |
Variety in time: the insights | p. 168 |
The lessons of building variety | p. 169 |
Map of terrain of sacrifice | p. 171 |
Continuously expand variety | p. 171 |
Prepare for variety to educate | p. 172 |
Be prepared to tinker | p. 173 |
Create rich information | p. 173 |
Keep the rules simple | p. 175 |
Shaping Shared Purpose | |
Goals | p. 178 |
Accountabilities and obligations | p. 181 |
The obligations of clients | p. 183 |
The obligations of the firm | p. 184 |
The obligation of the members | p. 186 |
Trust and power | p. 188 |
Leaders and Citizens at Work | |
The role of the leader | p. 195 |
The leader as philosopher | p. 195 |
The leader as visionary | p. 197 |
The role of the team leader | p. 198 |
The team leader as creator of space | p. 198 |
The team leader as goal setter | p. 199 |
The team leader as role model | p. 200 |
The team leader as mentor and coach | p. 201 |
The HR role | p. 203 |
Creator of employee insight | p. 203 |
Builder of trials and experiments | p. 204 |
The Five Good Reasons to Become a Democratic Enterprise | |
Employees who experience democracy are more engaged | p. 208 |
Democratic enterprises create win-win solutions | p. 211 |
Democratic enterprises are more just and fair | p. 215 |
Democratic enterprises are more agile | p. 218 |
Democratic enterprises are more able to integrate | p. 220 |
Notes | p. 224 |
Index | p. 245 |
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