Block introduces the path to empowerment and shows managers the inherent pressures that discourage initiative, dull creativity, and dissuade risk taking. Readers learn how to create a strong vision of the future--one that encourages the best in themselves and in those around them.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Empowered Manager, Feb 14 2010

Lizanne Mailhot "smoki" (Lions Bay, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work (Paperback)

Enjoyed reading this book as it had many things that will help me manage situations at work - As a middle manager, sometimes difficult to manage 'up' and manage 'down' without losing your focus or vision. Good read!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, Jun 20 2003

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This review is from: The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work (Paperback)

Unfortunately, Block lives in a "what if" fantasy. Politics is a "real world" subject.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Fundamental Text on Empowerment, July 21 2000

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This review is from: The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work (Hardcover)

Fourteen years have passed since the original publication of this book, and we are now in what is called the post-empowerment era. Nevertheless Block's text remains its fundamental status, and its relevance and value have in no way diminished.

"The Empowered Manager" would be on any short list of the most important management books ever written if only on account of its classical exposition of one of perhaps the most significant idea in late twentieth century management practice. In addition, every page contains sage practical advice of benefit to anyone who wants to be more than a slave or a drone at work.

Check out Bergmann et al's "Everyone a Leader" and Hirschhorn's "Reworking Authority" for some more recent developments in this area. But do not fail to read this book: its wisdom is inspirational, and Block's fine style makes it a treat to read.

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