Unleashing Potential, Purpose, and Power in the Workplace
Rearchitecting Work! is a paradigm shift from a focus on performance management to a focus on unleashing people's potential, championed by an enterprising and impact-oriented Human Resources function. The importance of business results does not change, but HOW those results are achieved is radically altered, with a blueprint that also changes the hearts and minds of the participants.
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Possibility Partners Workplaces . . . Rearchitecting Work! shifts the workplace paradigm from a focus on performance management to a focus on unleashing people’s potential. The importance of business results does not change, but HOW they are achieved is dramatically altered, with a blueprint that also changes the hearts and minds of the participants.
Given HR’s expanded leadership role in responding to COVID-19, they are perfectly positioned to lead this workplace transformation, evidenced by 2021 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends study, which states, “How can HR use this window of opportunity to move from a functional mindset to an enterprise and impact mindset? One that expands HR’s focus and extends its influence from process to mission, from the worker to the human, and from managing workers to re-architecting work?” Their 2021 survey also showed that 61% of their executives are shifting focus from work optimization and redesign toward work reimagination, with only 29% indicating that prior to the pandemic.
Possibility Partners Workplaces . . . Rearchitecting Work! provides the following key takeaways:
· A comprehensive framework for rearchitecting
workplaces with an innovative focus on "unleashing
potential," replacing the more traditional focus on
"performance management"
· Clear guidelines for developing and embedding possibility
partners relationships as a cultural norm
· Best Practices for engaging in Possibility Partners
conversations that enhance mutual trust and respect,
while resulting in new possibilities for productivity,
collaboration, and innovation
Chapter 1: Stepping Up And Speaking Out . . . HR’s unimagined value when CEOs and HR align on its impact
· HR/CEO co-creating 100% alignment for the model
· Key shifts in perspectives, relationships, & communications to support the transition
Chapter 2: When HR Is No Longer The Policy Police . . . Everyone can be a paradigm shift champion
· Gaining leadership buy-in
· Key plan development & implementation components
Chapter 3: The Power Of Possibility . . . A new operating system for how we get work done here
· Possibility Partners paradigm shifts defined
· Two major shifts in our relationships explained
Chapter 4: An Empowerment Leadership Structure Or Caste System . . . Power WITH vs. Power OVER relationships
·The fallacies of “walks on water” leaders
· Explore power and caste system hierarchies
Chapter 5: Accountability Or Blame And Shame . . .Inspiring Results Ownership
· Difference between accountability & ownership for results
· Conditions for agency & autonomy
Chapter 6: Igniting Results: Contributing Our Value Vs. Proving Our Worth . . . Replacing annual reviews
· Transforming the student/teacher relationships
· Creating what’s next vs. fixing what’s so
Chapter 7: Participating, Contributing, Self-Expressing . . . I have to know you care about my career before I can commit to yours, Mr. or Ms. CEO
· Four vital components for a career growth infrastructure
· Three major categories of work motivations
Chapter 8: Unconscious Bias Is No Longer An Excuse . . . a successful DEI program is a possibility
· Quit hiring for culture fit when the culture is white culture! Chapter 9: Recruiting: Creating Raving Fans . . . From dreadful to a delightful process
· Missed opportunity costs for HR with replacement hiring
· Radical empathy relationship approach
Chapter 10: Communications: So Tell Me How You Really Feel . . . Is it really safe for me to be honest here
· Two key factors that stifle authentic communications
· Why is transparency so difficult
Possibility Partners Workplaces: Rearchitecting Work! is written primarily for progressive, futuristic-oriented Human Resources professionals and CEOs who care about people and the human impact the HR function can have on people’s lives, along with the overall impact on the enterprise.
With that in mind, the Possibility Partners paradigm explained in this book is viable in its application for anyone who wants to expand their understanding of how they might be more fulfilled in their work and their relationships, whether at work or in their families. It was written with an intentional simplicity, practicality, and accessibility that would enable people to shift the quality of their relationships and of their work lives by changing how they think about themselves, their work, their relationships, and life itself. This is a practical, rather than an academic approach to enhancing our experience of work and each other.
According to HR Market Smarts, the number of CEOs in the US is 195,530, the number of businesses with 50-99 employees is 295,544, with almost two million HR profiles on LinkedIn, and 250,000 members in SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, the world’s largest association devoted to HR management. Additional research is needed to break down this market into the “ideal” prospect for targeted outreach.
Book Pre-Publication Promotion Plans:
· Weekly blog of 100 words max highlighting Possibility
Partners Workplaces: Rearchitecting Work concepts
· semi-monthly, one-on-one, 60-minute podcasts of
Possibility Partners Conversations with innovative HR and
CEO thought leaders, as well as ordinary people making
extraordinary contributions as Possibility Partners
unleashing potential, purpose, power, and passion posted on
possibilitypartners.org, LinkedIn and FB pages
o LinkedIn with 500+ connections
o FB with 313 friends
· possibilitypartners.org website page highlighting Possibility
Partners Workplaces with bonus pre-publication offers o Bonus Offer 1: 1 copy @ $14.95, two additional copies 50 off = total $29.90/3 copies
o Bonus Offer 2: 10 copies @$9.95 + free 60-minute virtual
possibility conversation workshop – total $99.50/10 + free
workshop
o Bonus Offer 3: 15 copies @ $7.50 + 50% discounted one- on-one, 90-minute virtual HR coaching session @$150 =
total $262.50
o Bonus Offer 4: 20 copies @$7.50 + 50% discounted ½ day onsite workplace Possibility Partners Workplaces organization readiness assessment @ $750 =
total $900 + travel
· Research publications and requirements for submitting
articles about Possibility Partners Workplaces
o Fast Company
o Chicago Tribune
o Crain’s Chicago
· Weekly “Thought For The Day/HR Trends” mailings to
expand existing network of 200 people
· Explore Sponsored 4-month Major City RV Possibility
Partners Tour to promote prepublication sales
o Plans in development to approach Howard Schultz,
Starbucks, or other Conscious Capitalist CEOs re
sponsorship possibilities to promote book concepts as a
“Possibility Partners” rearchitecting workplace
movement
o Plans in development to approach Barnes & Noble and/or
independent booksellers for sponsorship possibilities
§ Use their facilities to host 7:30 AM breakfast Possibility
Partners conversations and Wine-at-5 Possibility
Partners conversations
1. Juliet’s School of Possibilities: A Little Story About The Power of Priorities, by Laura Vanderkam, Publisher Portfolio, 3/12/19 publication date
a. Central theme described as “Expectations are infinite. Time is finite. You are always choosing. Choose well.. . . the messages will, I think resonate especially with moms . . .
2. The Possibilities by Karl Hart Hemmings, Simon Schuster, 5/13/14 publication date
a. “. . . a funny, insightful, and unsentimental (People 4 stars) novel about a grieving mother and the shocking surprise that may help her reclaim her hold on life.”
3. Partners for Possibility 2010-2020 Stories of Impact by Louise Rhyn, Theo Garrun, Publisher Knowledge Resources Pty Ltd, 5/1/20 publication date
a. “. . . what can happen when you think in terms of possibility instead of deficiency. . . when people say yes.. . Partners for Possibility . . . has brokered trailblazing partnerships between business leaders and school principals . . . dedicated to changing South Africa’s ailing education system.. “
4. Lean Human Resources: Redesigning HR Processes for a Culture of Continuous Improvement by Cheryl M. Jekiel, 9/7/10 publication date
a. “Cheryl M. Jekiel, who has been implementing Lean initiatives out of HR offices for more than 20 years, defines the people-related approaches and practices required for success.
5. Everybody MATTERS: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like FAMILY by Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry Wehmiller and Raj Sisodia, Co-Author of Conscious Capitalism, Portfolio/Penguin New York, 2015 publication date
a. “In this well-written book, Chapman and Sisodia trace the journey Barry-Wehmiller made from a company focused on KPI’s to a company focused on building a Business Family – not a family business, but a business family dedicated to the sustainability of the business using the philosophy of taking care of people.”
6. Making Work Human: How Human-Centered Companies Are Changing The Future of Work And The World by Eric Mosley & Derek Irvine (co-founders of Workhuman 20 years ago), McGraw Hill, 2020
a. Company founded on the premise of gratitude . . . that giving and receiving gratitude would improve performance in any business. Very tech and data driven. Customers include Cisco, JetBlue, LinkedIn, Merck, Intuit, P&G. This book is the closest to valuing people similarly to Possibility Partner Workplaces but is still not a new workplace paradigm.
Dianne Michels is a passionate HR Futurist, DePaul University graduate, DePaul certified Mediator, YWCA Metro Cgo CHRO, first female VP of a Fortune 500 company, has worked extensively as an external HR consultant and internal HR leader in a broad range of enterprises to combine the theoretical and the practical for impactful, bottom line results and possibility partners cultures that ignite the unleashing of potential, accountability, and innovation.
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Hello Possibility Partners . . . OMFG! Writing a book is an endless journey! I obviously missed Labor Day target date for the book -- now …
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HELLO POSSIBILITY PARTNERS!
I know I sound like a broken record, but there aren't enough adequate words in the English language to convey the gratitude …
Greetings Rearchitecting Work Possibility Partners!
Hope you're having a fabulous week. And I hope you know how grateful I am for who you are in the …
Can't wait, it sounds amazing!
Keep up the great work!
Congratulations on the completion of your book! Very exciting!
Very excited to see your great work and have others learn!
I am looking forward to reading your book, Dianne. I know you have so many wonderful and effective ideas on this topic, one that the workplace needs. Thanks. Joyce Lofstrom
So proud of you and excited to receive the book in the mail and see your name on it. Oh yeah, and then read it. ; - )
Congratulations Di. Wishing you much success and fulfillment. Chuck S.
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