It’s hard to think of myself as an author. I mean for the entirety of my life, I’ve always known what I was … be it a son, brother, husband, dad, friend, educator, leader, Manchester United supporter, scotch drinker, Star Wars fan, pain in the ass, etc. But I’ve never been a published author before. I don’t have a playbook or a manual that I’m following either. I’m making it up as I go along. The back cover of Flat Army is one of those examples. While I understand the industry typically defaults to having quotes from famous people waxing lyrical about the contents of said book, I refused and ultimately balked at this approach. My idea at first was to simply have a QR
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I’m not a very political man. You may even call me apolitical. I always vote, but I often vote based on the issues versus being tied to a political party. I’m politically Neapolitan. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you about a good story that involves Government, regardless of your or my political stripes. In my home province of British Columbia, Canada, there has been a program in place now — called IDEAS2ACTION — where citizens have been asked to get involved, submit ideas and help shape opportunities for skills development across the entire province. The process the Provincial Government followed is best summarized by the graphic found below: There have been over 125 ideas submitted and vetted, with a fantastic accompanying dashboard that
Flat Army revolves around five key frameworks that leaders and organizations need to consider if they want to improve employee engagement and business results. They are: Connected Leader Attributes Participative Leader Framework Collaborative Leader Action Model Pervasive Learning Collaboration Technologies Each of the five frameworks has an associated graphic that helps depict what they’re about. I’ve made available a short presentation on Slideshare where each of those five frameworks and the corresponding graphics are available for you to review. (You can see it below as well) What is a FLAT ARMY? from Dan Pontefract
Are you looking for a little insight into the 90,000 word version of my new book Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization? Perhaps a ‘try before you buy’ approach? Fair enough. Let me do my best and help you out in 559 words. First off, Flat Army is aimed at three audiences: Those in charge of the organization on the whole Leaders with direct teams and/or teams of indirect teams Individual contributors looking to make the leap into leadership Second, it is a manifesto to change both the culture of your organization or team as well as the habits of leaders and teams. It aims to drive up overall employee engagement by connecting the dots between increased levels of collaboration, empowerment and participation