Ubuntu : Shaping the current workplace with (African) wisdom

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- About the author -- Preface -- Foreword -- CHAPTER ONE: Workplaces using ubuntu -- 1.1 Introduction and background -- 1.2 What ubuntu is not -- 1.3 Explaining ubuntu -- 1.4 Change and levels of maturity -- 1.5 Ubuntu and need for servant leadership -- CHAPTER TWO People-centredness -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 People-centred workplace culture -- 2.3 Empowering people - Ubuntu African values -- 2.4 Transformational Leadership -- 2.5 Mentoring, ubuntu and people-centredness -- 2.6 Shared vision -- 2.7 The organisation is about us, not you -- CHAPTER THREE Permeable walls -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Openness and honesty: Supporting relationships -- 3.4 Direction of the organisation: Communication and ubuntu -- CHAPTER FOUR Partisanship -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Building loyalty through organisational values -- 4.3 Qualities displayed by loyal employees -- 4.4 Leader/manager loyalty - I am because of this community -- 4.5 Shared moral values and loyalty -- CHAPTER FIVE Progeny -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Strengthening relationships and solidarity -- 5.3 Sharing power -- 5.4 Mutual understanding -- 5.5 Building better teams -- 5.6 Using humanness to chase a vision -- CHAPTER SIX Progeny -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Ubuntu and performance at work -- 6.3 Strong organisational values -- 6.4 Improving work place culture and the role of the leader -- 6.5 Time management -- 6.6 Investing in development/training -- 6.7 SOAR the winning organisation -- 6.8 Power of delegation -- 6.9 Emotional intelligence -- 6.10 Maturity summit -- CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion -- 7.1 Closing comments -- 7.2 Building a community -- 7.3 Professional maturity and ubuntu -- 7.4 Learning and sustenance of ubuntu -- References -- Endnotes -- Index -- Endorsements -- Back cover.