Anne Ladky An Energy Approach to Leadership |
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| Author:
| Dutton, Jane
Berg, Justin |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61674-027-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | William Davidson Institute At The University of Michigan, The
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Leaders of political advocacy organizations are faced with the challenge of motivating their employees past frequent obstacles, shortcomings, and failures. Anne Ladky, the Executive Director of a non-profit political advocacy organization called Women Employed, developed a leadership style to help her employees tackle this demanding line of work. Her leadership approach attends to the vital role human energy plays in her organization and emphasizes the importance of focusing on...
More DescriptionLeaders of political advocacy organizations are faced with the challenge of motivating their employees past frequent obstacles, shortcomings, and failures. Anne Ladky, the Executive Director of a non-profit political advocacy organization called Women Employed, developed a leadership style to help her employees tackle this demanding line of work. Her leadership approach attends to the vital role human energy plays in her organization and emphasizes the importance of focusing on opportunities. This case describes how Anne's leadership cultivated an opportunity-driven organizational culture that ultimately helped Women Employed overcome bureaucratic resistance against their initiatives to improve education and job training for low-income women.