Stewardship : choosing service over self interest /
Choosing service over self-interest
Peter Block.
- xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-254) and index.
Replacing leadership with stewardship -- Choosing partnership over patriarchy -- Choosing adventure over safety -- Choosing service over self-interest -- Defining the stewardship contract -- Upsetting expectations : the emotional work of stewardship -- Redesigning management practices and structures -- Rethinking the role of staff functions -- Financial practices : creating accountability with self-control -- Human resources : ending the practice of paternalism -- Compensation and performance evaluation : overturning the class system -- Cosmetic reform : when the disease becomes the cure -- Recreating our organization through stewardship -- Cynics, victims, and bystanders -- Choosing freedom, service, and adventure.