A playbook of proven principles for changemakers who want to maximize their impact.
Positive social change has always come from a paradigm of empowerment. Unfortunately, this simple truth is often neglected within the very organizations pushing for that change. Ever-growing webs of rigid rules and micro-management make employees feel like little more than cogs in a machine, and so they start acting like them. This limits our ability to contribute to the world in ways that matter.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Principle Based Management™ offers a way to apply a paradigm of empowerment to your personal social change efforts and organizational aspirations. Over decades, tens of thousands of people — leaders, supervisors, and individual contributors in all types of organizations — have applied it to get better results and realize their potential.
Proven principles
Human progress over the last couple centuries far surpasses that of the rest of human history combined. What sparked this dramatic surge in productivity?
The answer lies in a set of principles that sees each individual not as a problem to be solved, but as a unique source of solutions to be unleashed: The principles of empowerment.
Stand Together Foundation Chairman Evan Feinberg uncovers how these same principles can transform your work and your workplace, allowing you to make meaningful change in a way you can feel good about.
Unlocking growth at The Phoenix
The Phoenix, a sober-active community transforming our country's approach to addiction recovery, has increased its impact 10-fold since 2016. Its founder and Executive Director Scott Strode cites his — and his team's — application of Principled Based Management as a key to their success.
“I think what was really special about what we created there," said Scott, "was we were starting to, in an unknowing way, lay down some principles that would become the container in which people could find the space to thrive."
Achieving ACTS Housing's vision
The leadership team at ACTS Housing reveals how an in-depth vision development process transformed their organization and led to a more refined, scaleable, talent-attracting vision and culture. Today, they’re investing in the communities of Milwaukee and Beloit, Wisconsin with transformative results.
Learn more by watching this video with ACTS Housing President and CEO Michael Gosman.
Transforming the Devoted Dreamers Academy
Famed NFL linebacker Demario Davis wants the next generation to avoid the mistakes he made growing up. So he and his wife launched the Devoted Dreamers Academy to nurture America’s future changemakers — both on and off the field.
“Principle Based Management was very good for me as a leader in a multitude of spaces,” said Demario. “It equipped me with practical tools and resources I didn’t have — and that I needed to empower my team to produce at a next level. It’s transformed our organization.”
Regardless of your role or the types of decisions you make, you can apply Principle Based Management to grow and get better results.
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