Booked by HooksBookEvents: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Book: Making Telework Work: Leading People and Leveraging Technology for High-Impact Results
Author: Evan H. Offstein and Jason M. Morwick
Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing, 2009
About the Authors – Evan H. Offstein is a speaker, consultant, and professor at Frostburg State University. He has landed numerous speaking engagements and consulting contracts for such organizations as the U.S. Army, Northwestern Mutual Life, and the Western Maryland Health System.
Jason M. Morwick is a business operations manager and full-time teleworker at Cisco Systems, Inc. He has managed teams and organizations at General Electric and CHEP USA, where he has trained hundreds of employees in Six Sigma, diversity, project management, communication, and leadership.
About the Book – While IT infrastructure, software, and hardware may set the stage for telework, Making Telework Work lays out in simple, straightforward terms what leaders need to know to integrate technology, manage knowledge workers and teleworkers, and drive competitive advantage for their organizations. From healthcare to hospitality to restaurant entrepreneurs, dozens of examples demonstrate how personal and organizational leadership can successfully transform the way technology is leveraged to increase overall productivity, achieve organizational goals faster and more cost-effectively, and compete for and harness the best and brightest talent while providing flexibility, connectivity, and enhanced collaboration.