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Freedom, Inc.: How Corporate Liberation Unleashes Employee Potential and Business Performance Paperback – January 26, 2016

by Mr. Brian M Carney (Author), Isaac Getz (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 77 ratings
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Corporate liberation is not a strategy. It is a business philosophy that leaders around the world are using to radically transform their organizations. Liberating leaders believe that a workplace based on respect and freedom is a more natural environment than one based on mistrust and control. So they acted to align their organizations with these beliefs: They liberated people's initiative and potential and with it, unshackled their companies' performance. A lot has happened since Freedom, Inc. first appeared in 2009. The book itself has been translated to six other languages. In France, it won the best business book award and was the No.1 business/management bestseller on Amazon.fr seven months in a row. More importantly, it has inspired hundreds of leaders to launch their own corporate liberation. The French daily Le Monde has heralded the start of a corporate liberation movement in France. Since then, the phenomenon has made the cover of leading periodicals, been shown on the evening news of major European TV chains, and been the subject of a 90-minute TV documentary that broke all the records for popularity. Most liberated companies have been small and medium size-though some have grown tremendously since. Yet increasingly, multinationals such as Michelin or Decathlon-operating in Europe, America and Asia-are joining the corporate liberation movement that pioneers such as W.L. Gore and USAA began. Corporate liberation has no frontiers, geographical or industrial. Vineet Nayar has liberated an Indian high-tech giant and David Marquet, a U.S. nuclear submarine. Leaders of organizations of all sizes and types are shedding their hierarchies and bureaucracies and transforming them into respect- and freedom-based workplaces. Every morning their employees go to work, but many prefer to say they go to have fun-pursuing a common dream using their own initiative.
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    978-0998074306
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Somme Valley House (January 26, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0998074306
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0998074306
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.29 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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  • Michael Yaeger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ordered Liberty in the Workplace
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    I just finished Freedom, Inc. and it was great -- both entertaining and substantive. It was especially fun to find a popular business book full of memorable vignettes (i.e., case studies) and the occasional social science finding that also addresses, without strain or pretension, Max Weber on bureaucracy and Thomas Aquinas on subsidiarity. (The latter being especially surprising.) It's hard to picture other recent business books tackling similar subjects .... "Herr Weber Stole My Cheese"? "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Thomists"? It's a welcome change.
    Among other things the book argues that, however valuable salary and bonuses may be in recruiting employees, a business will not retain its best employees or inspire their best efforts with money alone. Money matters, but it is no substitute for workers who understand and agree with a company's mission, regardless of whether that mission is producing the best motorcycle or resolving a customer's insurance claim as quickly as possible. The job of a leader, say Carney and Getz, is to communicate that mission (again and again), and to create an environment that gives employees the freedom to achieve the mission as efficiently as possible. That environment is never reduced to a formula, but is summarized as one that respects the individual's needs for dignity (or "intrinsic equality"), professional growth, and relative autonomy. The point isn't to let the inmates run the asylum, but to convert the asylum to a cooperative effort among individuals who respect one another.
    All in all, Freedom, Inc. is a serious yet straightforward discussion of practical leadership in the private sector. Its description of "ordered liberty" in the workplace is appealing and convincing.
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  • Yudi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book with broad application!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2009
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    I'm just writing to tell you how much i enjoyed this book. The
    blend of psychology, business smarts, and good old fashion common
    sense not only makes for a wonderful read but also opens up a whole
    new dimension to psychology and the study of human behavior, far
    beyond the traditional "couch therapy".

    The argument that people are intrinsically driven by their need to be
    productive, creative, self expressing and free, as opposed to just
    being motivated by money, profit, and the pleasures they afford, is
    amazingly powerful, both in its broad practical application as well as
    in its philosophical and spiritual insight.

    As someone looking to begin studying psychology its an idea i hope to
    follow closely.

    Looking forward to reading much more
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  • Mr. Jay Jay
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant research into self managed companies
    Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
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    Having read both Frederic Laloux Reinventing Organizations and this one I would recommend both to everyone wanting to learn about democratic, self managed organizations. This book is filled with real life examples of numerous successful self-managed 'why' organizations. The authors cleverly investigate how they got there and why the old 'industrial' mentality doesn't work anymore. It examines practices that make those organizatios one of the most successful in their industries.
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  • Paul J. Patenaude
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2017
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    Excellent Read!!! I didn't put it down. It challenges your thinking on what you and your company need to do to be the most customer responsive and productive, and not to do it by pursuing a 'program'. Quick read as well. It's worth your time and money.
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  • Arhi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Greta book
    Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017
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    This book has some interesting case companies that have not been already covered in the business media/books. Also the basic idea freeing people to their best is a very interesting idea.
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  • j c rasmussen
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good in its own right
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    Not exactly what I expected. Well written, occassionally a bit lenghty and repetitive. Several of the organisations also used in Organisational Rethinking by Laloux
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  • Tim Ward
    5.0 out of 5 stars Our working life IS improving to be a place People work . . .
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2013
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    People are so much more productive when they feel alive and are respected as a independent human being. Read this if you want to get insight to what this could look like.
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  • Mr Harrie Barron
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013
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    Well written and fasinating book about leaders who choose to give their employees freedom and the ability to choose how they do their work.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read in liberated companies. This book gives you hope!!
    Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2018
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    Looking at liberated companies all over the world you see some great examples of how to manage the chaos. And you find out all the liberated companies do it a little differently but still the same mantra at the centre. People first,everything else later.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
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    Great book, written I a good format, with a lot of examples with names and companies. Is really inspiring and talk about people, money, motivations and why to start acting like that. I think its a must read.
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    Easy, stimulating and enjoyable read.
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