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The Responsibility of Reason in Leadership, Management, and Life Long Learning
By Jamey M. Long & Joseph A. Pisani
This book is both a standalone and/or sequel to The Value of Voice in Shared Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Management and Leadership Skills That Affect Small Business Survival: A Resource Guide for Small Businesses Everywhere. These three books can work together to support the sales of multiple books or independently from one another. The book is unique in that it combines the ideas of management, leadership, shared voice, organizational behavior, and historical philosophy viewpoints that are easily understood by anyone who reads this book, so it can create a responsibility of reason that is required to help all businesses/organizations/schools and government agencies succeed beyond the dreaded 5 year failure point that has plagued many businesses since their inception.
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About This Book
Does this sound familiar? You go to work like any other day. This time when you arrive at work, you are told to go to a meeting. During the meeting, you are given new guidelines sent down from the organization. You are told that while you are doing your job like every other routine day, you are now asked to do some new task or business process/function. The request does not make sense to you. You decide to ask the all-important question “why?” The response you receive is the common one: “It has come down from the top that this is the new course of action and must get done.” There is no more explanation. There is no justification. There is no discussion. There is no responsibility of reason.
Too often, decisions are made within all levels of an organization and are then blindly communicated out to the masses. While the organization allows people to have a voice and share what will be done, there is a lack of responsibility of reason for what is being asked that will directly impact the person and the entire organization. While having communication and shared voice is a critical component within organizational behavior, it is equally important to understand the importance of what is being said, how it is being said, and the impact the words you say will have on the individual and the company.
To be successful, there must be a value of voice and a responsibility of reason to create and sustain shared leadership and an effective organizational behavior model for all companies. Leaders rely on past philosophies based on their leadership styles to guide them to success. However, all leadership types will face the same universal issue of being responsible for their actions and decisions while ensuring that others are also responsible for their reasons in sharing their voice or performing a function in the organization. History has demonstrated that most businesses, specifically small businesses that make up most of the market, fail within the first five years. In most cases, this situation is due to a lack of resources, understanding, and a value of voice and no responsibility of reason. Through the course of this book, the reader will learn how to successfully structure their business to combine management skills that will affect their business and a shared voice to effectively answer the “why” and to develop a responsibility of reason.
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“Rarely has there been a connection between responsibility and reason so concretely defined. Doctors Long and Pisani break down the art of leadership into a discreet and digestible formula to improve the skill set of any aspiring leader or any organizational leader seeking to improve their practices.” — Travis Zimmerman, Adjunct Faculty, Marymount University, USA
“This book is no blank slate! The authors have successfully written a book that gives meaning and REASON for how the reader can take responsibility for their decisions and actions. The Responsibility of Reason will change the face of education and the workplace culture!” — Jennifer Scully, Adjunct Faculty, Marymount University, USA
“This book is amazing! If you’ve ever wondered why some decisions seem to have no rhyme or reason, it is because they lack the necessary responsibility of reason! This book will help anyone who reads it to learn what goes into taking responsibility for reason in decision-making or actions. This concept does not just apply to the business world. It can also be used in your regular day-to-day life. After reading this, I am definitely more aware of what I am doing. If everyone reads this book, we will all be able to experience a more understandable world.” — Jeff Fiore, Instructor at Prince William County Public Schools, Washington-DC, USA
“This new book has a big impact on how everyone can take responsibility for their reason-ing. Dr. Long and Dr. Pisani have found a simple yet unidentified logic that has avoided business and education for years. This book is a must-read for anyone who must make decisions in their personal or professional lives.” —Kitty Crosby, Founder of Choice Homeschool, Faculty, Marymount University, USA
The authors have written a book that will provide the reader with the skills for lifelong learning. This book is an easy read and will help whoever finds it to learn how to take more responsibility for their success and those around them.” —Anna Macedonia, Assistant Professor, Delta State University, USA
Dr. Long and Dr. Pisani have provided an ANThology of clarity of goals and objectives in their new book The Responsibility of Reason. You must read this book and find out why having the responsibility of reason is a pleasANT experience!” —Dion Foxx, Former NFL Linebacker for The Washington Redskins, USA
Author Information
Dr. Jamey M. Long is a professor at George Mason University and a business teacher at Prince William County Schools. He has been nominated for faculty member of the year. Dr. Long owns two small businesses and serves in his community.
Dr. Joe Pisani, author and educator focused on organizational leadership and the systems, used to be an impactful and dynamic leader.
Dr. Joe Pisani, author and educator focused on organizational leadership and the systems, used to be an impactful and dynamic leader.
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Table of Contents
Table of Figures, Foreword, Introduction, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven, Chapter Eight, Chapter Nine, Chapter Ten, A Vampire in a Zombie Apocalypse Reference, Index, Case Study 1 The ANThology of Objectives and Goals, Case Study 2 A Vampire in a Zombie Apocalypse: Enacting Change in a Complacent Workplace, Sinking Your Fangs Into Enacting Change and Improving Organizational Culture and Behavior, Sinking Your Fangs Into the Enacting Change Process, A Vampire in a Zombie Apocalypse Reference, Index
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