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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Agile Practitioners Book Club: Flat Army</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2018-12-12T17:30:00" datetime="2018-12-12T17:30:00">Wednesday, December 12, 2018 from 5:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2018-12-12T19:30:00" datetime="2018-12-12T19:30:00">7:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202395523'><span class='fn org p-name'>Rogue Eastside Pub & Pilot Brewery</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">928 SE 9th Ave</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97214</span> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=928%20SE%209th%20Ave,%20Portland%20OR%2097214%20'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p><strong>RSVP:</strong> <a href="https://www.meetup.com/AgilePDX-User-Group-Portland-Metro/events/256215771/">https://www.meetup.com/AgilePDX-User-Group-Portland-Metro/events/256215771/</a></p> <hr> <p>Join us for a beer (or beverage of your choice) and a snack at the Rogue Eastside Pub to discuss "Flat Army" by Dan Pontefract. He says he has the strategy to solve the challenges of unhappy and uncommitted employees, and it's based on empowerment:</p> <p>"Your people are your most valuable asset, and if you want them to excel (and your profits to soar), you'll need to abandon your traditional command-and-control management style and adopt a collaborative, open leadership approach―one that engages and empowers your people. While this isn't a particularly new idea, many leaders, while they may pay lip service to it, don't really understand what it means. And most of those who do get it lack the skills for putting it into practice. In Flat Army you'll find powerful leadership models and tools that help you challenge yourself and overcome your personal obstacles to change, while pushing the boundaries of organizational change to create a culture of collaboration."</p> <p>Let's discuss the pros and cons of his approached and compare it to our real-world experiences and experiments.</p> <p>We look forward to your creative insights!</p> <p><strong>Tip: It's worth reading some online book reviews for critical perspectives.</strong></p> </div> </div>