source: https://hbr.org/product/why-should-anyone-work-here-what-it-takes-to-create-an-authentic-organization/13959-HBK-ENG
« Suppose you want to design the
best company on earth to work for. What would it be like?
For
three years we’ve been investigating this question by asking hundreds of
executives in
surveys
and in seminars all over the world to describe their ideal organization. This
mission
arose
from our research into the relationship between authenticity and effective
leadership.
Simply
put, people will not follow a leader they feel is inauthentic. But the
executives we
questioned
made it clear that to be authentic, they needed to work for an authentic organization.»
Description
It used to be that businesses could ask individuals to conform to the organization's needs. But now leaders are charged with creating the best company on earth to work for: they must transform their organizations to attract the right people, keep them, and inspire them to do their best work.
In "Why Should Anyone Work Here?" Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones identify the six key organizational attributes to do just that. In separate chapters, they delve deeply into each one:
1. Let people be themselves
2. Practice radical honesty
3. Magnify people's strengths
4. Stand for authenticity (more than shareholder value)
5. Make work meaningful
6. Make simple rules
With vivid stories and examples, the authors illustrate the kind of strong, attractive workplace culture that leads to sustained high performance. They also provide ways of assessing how your company is doing, and describe the tensions and trade-offs that leaders must manage as they transform their organizations.
"Why Should Anyone Work Here?" is the question all contemporary organizational leaders must constantly ask themselves if they want to survive and thrive in the new world. This is the book that will help them answer that question.
