{"product_id":"meaningful-partnership-at-work-how-the-workplace-covenant-ensures-mutual-accountability-and-success-between-leaders-and-teams-paperback","title":"Meaningful Partnership at Work: How the Workplace Covenant Ensures Mutual Accountability and Success Between Leaders and Teams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeth Silver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTimothy Franz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are some work partnerships exceptional while most are not? How can we establish and sustain an enhanced level of cohesion, connection, and collaboration in the most important work relationship, the one between a manager and team? What could remedy the high levels of isolation and anxiety so many feel at work these days? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilver and Franz explore the concept of 'meaningful partnership' in the workplace. They present meaningful partnership as a \u003ci\u003emindset\u003c\/i\u003e where both leaders and their teams are fully committed to ensuring the support and success of the other. Then, they describe a \u003ci\u003emodel\u003c\/i\u003e called ERTAP, which stands for Empathy, Respect, Trust, Alignment, and Partnership, which is the foundation for meaningful partnership. Finally, they detail a practical yet transformative relationship-building process referred to as the \u003ci\u003eWorkplace Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e. This enables leaders and teams to create mutual commitments with obligatory weight that help them to feel accountable for the success of the relationship and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes real client stories that illustrate the dimensions of partnership and the \u003ci\u003eWorkplace Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e process. Silver and Franz also outline other work relationships that can benefit from meaningful partnership, pitfalls to avoid, relevant research, and insights derived from years of consulting experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must-read for leaders interested in a better working relationship with their team; for teams who have critical work partnerships with other teams; for individuals who work closely with other individuals and need an exceptional 1:1 partnership; and finally for third-party experts in HR or continuous improvement who are seeking a new powerful way to help clients feel supported and be more successful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeth R. Silver, Ed.D., Organizational Consultant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Silver is the principal of Silver Consulting, Inc., an independent consulting practice, where he has worked with over 200 client organizations in health care, higher education, high tech, government, business services, manufacturing and non-profit. His consulting focuses on two key areas: developing and improving leadership; and creating high engagement, high performance workplaces. He provides such services as executive coaching, leadership training, team development, conflict resolution, building effective workplace partnerships, strategic planning, and organizational\/team diagnosis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Silver has developed a unique business process called the \u003ci\u003eWorkplace Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e, which helps parties in any organization to exchange and agree upon reciprocal obligations and expectations so as to ensure trust, feedback and alignment in their relationship. He has recently co-authored a book, entitled \u003ci\u003eMeaningful Partnership at Work: How The Workplace Covenant Ensures Mutual Accountability and Success Between Leaders and Teams, \u003c\/i\u003e to bring the concept to a wider audience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 2000 to 2014, Dr. Silver was a part-time Assistant Professor and taught Masters level students in Human Resource Development, teaching first at St. John Fisher College, and then at the Rochester Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Silver holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto, a Masters degree from Cornell University, and a Doctorate (Ed.D.) from The George Washington University. He has served on the Board of Directors for several non-profit organizations in the Rochester area, and is a citizen of both the US and Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimothy M. Franz, Ph.D., Professor, Consultant and Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Franz is an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist at St. John Fisher College. He is a Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Psychology and past graduate Program Director of the graduate Human Resource Development program. He works as an organizational consultant through his consulting organization, Franz Consulting and GLI. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrior to his work as a professor, Dr. Franz worked full time as a human resources consultant. He earned his Ph.D. in Social\/Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, his M.A. from the University of Buffalo, and his B.A. from SUNY Oneonta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis areas of expertise include applied research in organizations, individual and team decision making, improving team performance, improving team leadership, and using teams to drive organizational change. Many of his ideas about improving teams are published in his four books, titled \u003ci\u003eMeaningful Partnership at Work: How The Workplace Covenant Ensures Mutual Accountability and Success between Leaders and Teams\u003c\/i\u003e (August, 2021), \u003ci\u003eMaking Team Projects Work: A Resource for High School and College Educators\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaking Team Projects Work: A Resource for High School and College Students\u003c\/i\u003e (September, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eGroup Dynamics and Team Interventions: Understanding and Improving Team Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition in 2022). More information about his work can be found at TeamBuildingProcess.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42100046430343,"sku":"9781032020112","price":63.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1daf3031a23cbfaae1197c8ad346c9f5.webp?v=1732380486","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/meaningful-partnership-at-work-how-the-workplace-covenant-ensures-mutual-accountability-and-success-between-leaders-and-teams-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}