Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups To Build A Thriving Organization (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
I think for this books category which is under "self-help" books the book was a decent read. It is written towards people in the business world. It, like most self-help books, preys on others insecurities. Which isn't always a bad thing, sometimes those vulnerabilities need to be addressed.My biggest problem with "self-help" is they often approach the viewer with the "used car salesmen" marketing filth. For me, I do not think this books purpose was to be rigorous, and sometimes it seems to go over the top with hyperbole. I am okay with that though; I came in expecting that to happened. This book has five stages, and they interrelate back to tribalism and the idea of building a tribe. I think it is essential for any company, organization, group to discuss their core values within the form of tribalism.So I guess; all have to give this book three stars. I read it once, but I do not know if I'll ever read it again. Maybe I'll come back to it someday and find that it had more value than the average self-help book. While I'm not a manager, nor do I foresee a career in becoming a "tribal leader coach" anytime soon, if you're a leader of any group of people, you may find this book useful. You'll find it especially useful if you already recognise the power of a tribe or have the need to leverage a groups' already existing talents.I picked up this book because I teach middle school, a natural environment for tribes and cliques, and figured I might gain insight into how to manage their day-to-day. Instead, I gained insight into several of my own situations, as I've worked for a number of organisations (as a freelance artist and teacher) and this book was able to provide sudden insight into why certain workplace situations seemed to work better for me than others. For example, this is what I understood from the analogy: If you exit school enthusiastic and ambitious, you may be entering the workforce while operating as a "3" - ambitious but maybe a little self serving, as personal achievement is a prime focus in school - and if you enter the workforce in an office of "2's" - people who have already seen the duplicitous nature of the game and either gave up or stopped caring in order to cope - you eventually adapt to your situation by also reducing your ambition (and optimism) to blend in to the existing environment or else rising to leadership status within the organisation. However, there may come a time when you realize that you want to find or build a tribe of "4's", a happy tribe intent and focused by a shared vision and values, and this book discusses those various situations with interviews from successful CEO's, actors (such as Gary Cole, who portrays a prototypical "3" boss on Office Space) and writers (like Scott Adams, who capitalised on the "2" office culture in the Dilbert comic strip).I always wondered why so many of my friends left college dreaming of changing the world only to emerge years later as jaded and miserable as the grown ups we swore we'd never be. While nothing in here can be considered a "quick fix," this book, by addressing the language and culture of our various environments, has at least made it all make a little more sense.
What do You think about Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups To Build A Thriving Organization (2008)?
I think for this books category which is under "self-help" books the book was a decent read. It is written towards people in the business world. It, like most self-help books, preys on others insecurities. Which isn't always a bad thing, sometimes those vulnerabilities need to be addressed.My biggest problem with "self-help" is they often approach the viewer with the "used car salesmen" marketing filth. For me, I do not think this books purpose was to be rigorous, and sometimes it seems to go over the top with hyperbole. I am okay with that though; I came in expecting that to happened. This book has five stages, and they interrelate back to tribalism and the idea of building a tribe. I think it is essential for any company, organization, group to discuss their core values within the form of tribalism.So I guess; all have to give this book three stars. I read it once, but I do not know if I'll ever read it again. Maybe I'll come back to it someday and find that it had more value than the average self-help book.
—Katie
Highly recommend this book for anyone working with or leading teams within an organization. I found Dave's descriptions of the different levels to be spot on.I also appreciate the way it offers different approaches for working with teams at the different levels - for example, we must approach working with or on a team at Level 2 much differently than we would approach a team that is already at level 4.As a side note, if you ever have the opportunity to hear Dave speak live, I highly recommend doing so. He's one of the best speakers I've ever heard.
—loviebabe
Every living soul needs to read this. Wish I discovered this book sooner.
—arunika
