Transforming Work The Five Keys To Achieving Trust, Commitment, And Passion In The Workplace

by Boverie, Patricia; Kroth, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780738205069
• ISBN10: 0738205060
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780465012305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-20
• Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

In this age of stiff competition and "free agency," no organization can afford to take its employees for granted. The new labor-market landscape is forcing organizations to think creatively about how to inject passion in the workplace and motivate their employees to find meaning in their work. In Transforming Work, Boverie and Kroth draw from their extensive research and experience in the field to show executives, HR professionals, and students how to create inspiring, employee-friendly work environments in order to capture, develop, and retain talent and transform both the employees and the organization in the process.

Author Biography

Patricia Boverie and Michael Kroth run Boverie, Kroth & Associates, a consulting company specializing in personal and organizational transformation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patricia Boverie is an Associate Professor of Organizational Learning and Institutional Technologies at the University of New Mexico. A featured speaker in many national and international forums on organizational learning, she has been writing and consulting extensively in the field. Michael Kroth consults at Public Service Company and teaches at the University of New Mexico. Patricia Boverie and Michael Kroth run Boverie, Kroth & Associates, a consulting company specializing in personal and organizational transformation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Patricia Boverie is an Associate Professor of Organizational Learning and Institutional Technologies at the University of New Mexico. A featured speaker in many national and international forums on organizational learning, she has been writing and consulting extensively in the field. Michael Kroth consults at Public Service Company and teaches at the University of New Mexico.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xiv
List of Tables	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Prologue	xix
Introduction to Passion and Work	1	(28)
The Time is Now	1	(1)
The Purpose of the Book	2	(3)
What is Passion?	5	(18)
Overview of Chapters	23	(2)
Passionate Work Inventory-Personal	25	(2)
Passionate Work Inventory-Organizational	27	(2)
The Foundations of Passionate Work	29	(18)
Why Study Love and Passion?	29	(1)
Perspectives on Passion	30	(10)
Psychological Theories of Love and Attachment	40	(4)
Summary	44	(1)
The Development of the Passion Transformation Model	44	(1)
Foundations of Passion Questionnaire	45	(2)
Passion Transformation Process and Cycle	47	(24)
Learning from Adult Lives	48	(4)
Our Results	52	(7)
Passion Transformation Model	59	(8)
Passionate Work-Your Story	67	(1)
Analyzing Your Pitfalls-Individuals	67	(2)
Analyzing Pitfalls-Organization	69	(2)
Occupational Intimacy	71	(26)
Nurturing Environments	72	(3)
Meaningful Work	75	(1)
Loving Your Work	76	(2)
Intimacy	78	(2)
Occupational Intimacy	80	(5)
Human and Organizational Needs	85	(1)
Results of Occupational Intimacy	86	(3)
Barriers to Occupational Intimacy	89	(5)
Occupational Intimacy-Individual	94	(1)
Occupational Intimacy-Organizations	95	(2)
The Discovering Process	97	(34)
Discovering	98	(2)
Goal of the Discovering Process for Individuals	100	(1)
Goal of the Discovering Process for Organizations	101	(2)
Benefits of Discovering Process	103	(1)
Discovering-Enablers	104	(9)
Why Don't We Discover?	113	(3)
The Elements of Discovering	116	(4)
Transformation Theory	120	(6)
Summary	126	(1)
Discovering-Individual	127	(1)
Discovering-Individual	128	(1)
Discovering-Organizations	129	(2)
The Designing Process	131	(36)
Designing	132	(5)
Designing for Individuals	137	(13)
Designing for Organizations	150	(14)
Designing-Individual	164	(1)
Designing-Organizations	165	(2)
The Developing Process	167	(18)
Key #3-Risking	168	(5)
Key #4-Learning	173	(5)
Key #5-Building Self-Efficacy	178	(5)
Developing-Individual	183	(1)
Developing-Organizations	184	(1)
Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the Workplace	185	(18)
Leadership and Passion	186	(4)
Transforming Work	190	(4)
Trust	194	(2)
Commitment	196	(2)
Passion	198	(1)
Exploring Transformation and Passion: Metaphors	199	(2)
Conclusion: We Make the Road by Walking	201	(2)
References	203	(6)
About the Authors	209	(2)
Index	211