A hardcover bestseller now in paperback presents a management program that encourages employee leadership--which today's companies must have more of if they are to survive the coming decades.
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FLIGHT OF THE BUFFALO is the best of the new generation of proactive business books that effectively teaches by example and empowers the reader to achieve excellence in any organization.'- Lester Korn, Chairman Emeritus, Korn-Ferry International 'Ralph Stayer is the hero of Tom Peter s' management video, The Leadership Alliance, and is absolutely the most creative management thinker today. Jim Belasco is one of the best speakers in the country, whose previous book, Teaching the Elephant to Dance
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James A. Belasco is a professor, writer, consultant, and entrepreneur. Ralph C. Stayer is the former CEO of Johnsonville Foods, and author of the influential article 'How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead' for the Harvard Business Review.
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By J. McAndrew
Format:Paperback
These are good business principles to live by. Involve your workers, and better yet, make them feel like they are a vital part of your organization.
Read this with your employees.
My boss did this when I worked at Fond du Lac...and we got some good debate going.
By Jeff Krueger
Format:Paperback
Flight of the Buffalo discusses the fact that the business world has changed. To stay competitive business leaders must also change and change the way our businesses operate. The only things that are constant are that change will continue to impact the way business is done and the speed of this change will continue to increase. How do you satisfy (retain) that current customer, or acquire that next customer in this continually changing competitive environment? First, as a leader you must learn to learn and learn at a faster rate. The foundation for all change is learning. Second, it is important that changes be made to the organizational culture in order to accomplish the changes required by the organization to allow employees to lead. The culture needs to change to remove the mentality that we are all victims because we have no control over any of the tasks required to make the customer happy, to one in which we all have ownership of the problems our companies/customers face. There are a number of obstacles that stand in our way as leaders. Many leaders within our companies hesitate to empower their employees and give them responsibilities for fear that they will not have anything to do themselves. Anyone who struggles with relinquishing control and trusting their coworkers to share in the responsibilities of the organization should read this book.
Although the book discusses many important aspects of leadership and developing a culture in which employees do lead, the book lacks in two areas. First, many of the concepts presented in the book were repeated numerous times. As I read the book I felt like I had already read that page. Secondly, the book does not do justice to the concept of letting employees lead. It does discuss at detail how the leader's mentality has to change to effectively lead an organization where the employees lead, but it does not discuss when this is appropriate. The book is subtitled "Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead," and it may have been the author's intent not to discuss the ramifications of this change on the employees, but instead focus on the real problem, the leadership, for which the author does an excellent job at detailing. After reading the book I am left with many questions: Does every company need to change to a flock of geese to remain competitive, or are there situations where the lead buffalo is a necessity to running the business? What if employees do not want to take on the responsibilities of leading the organization? Are there changes within the employee reward system to effectively deal with this change in the organization? How do we as leaders handle resistance to this new system? The book only brings us half way in our understanding of how to let employees lead.
By Dan DeLano
Format:Paperback
The "Flight of the Buffalo" is an interesting book for managers and leaders of today society. The idea that let the people who work with the product, own the responsebility of fixing the problem is a fresh outlook. The difference in being a manger and leader is spelled out so clearly, that the most elementry person can grab the idea. This book focus on "how can you run an organzation from the clouds?" In todays ideas, you have to meld three things together, what the employees want, what the buyer wants, and what the bottom line is. This book explains you can manage these items yourself or you can lead you people in finding ways they can do it for themselves.
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Insightful!
James A. Belasco and Ralph C. Stayer have written an insightful book, the title of which derives from the authors’ vision of traditional companies as a milling buffalo herds. Read more
Published on April 13 2001 by Rolf Dobelli
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good solid material especially for the owner/manager
If you started a business like I did, with little formal training in management and perhaps some bad examples along the way, you'll find this book to be an exceptionally useful... Read more
Published on Oct 21 2000 by GlobalFamily
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Please donot equivocate reference as a textbook
The Benefits of empowerment are displayed pellucid in this book, however the description of what top management NEEDS to do in order to instill empowermrnt are vague at best. Read more
Published on Oct 2 2000 by Chris Wilson
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By far, the best book on how to lead a successful company
I have never been one to highlight parts of a book that provide unique information. I have highlighted over 100 items in this book. Read more
Published on Jun 28 2000 by Mark Kebe
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best management/leadership book I've ever read
If you are looking for an exceptional book on management (leadership).....stop looking. Buy this book and absorb it. If you are seeking a textbook, do NOT buy this book. Read more
Published on Jun 26 2000 by MikeDidIt
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not reference Material
This book is not indexed, therefore, the publisher made the decision that it is not intended as reference.
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Published on May 15 2000
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Inpiring leadership for new millennium leaders
Reading Jim Belasco is an exciting voyage to the very core of business. His common-sense leadership lessons have changed the way I lead. Read more
Published on April 5 2000 by Roberto Antonacci
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Buffalos can't fly...
What a waste of time. Jot down every 'leadership solution'that the authors suggest on a seperate piece of paper and you've got the stuff that fortune cookies are made of. Read more
Published on Nov 29 1999
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Get Focused on the True Role of your Employees
The authors really "feel the pain" of the small business owner whose employees just don't seem to accept ownership and concern of the major issues in their areas. Read more
Published on Aug 7 1998
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too many personal reflections, lack of focus towards topic
The authors, James A. Belasco and Ralph C. Stayer, introduce their book as the "coming together of theory and practice". Dr. Belasco, a Ph. D. Read more
Published on Jun 27 1998
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