Management of Engagement Power: Bringing New Change and Growth to Organizations

The book "Management of Engagement Power" addresses common workplace challenges such as unmotivated subordinates, stalled projects, and isolation between management levels. It proposes that the key to resolving these issues and transforming situations lies in the ability to engage people. The author, Atsushi Watanabe, a management consultant with a track record of successful corporate transformations, explains how to motivate individuals with differing positions and interests—including superiors, subordinates, other departments, customers, and partners—to achieve results, using 21 real-world examples. The book defines engagement power as the skill to involve stakeholders and achieve task objectives and outcomes, emphasizing its role in bringing new change and growth to organizations by uniting the efforts of multi-layered stakeholders. The book is structured into five chapters, covering the overview of engagement power, vertical engagement with subordinates and superiors, horizontal engagement with different departments, external engagement with outside partners, and the essential perspectives for leaders to generate results, such as understanding one's own biases and engaging in dialogue. It emphasizes that engagement power is not a special technique but a practical management skill that can yield significant results through minor adjustments in work processes. The book is published by Diamond Business Planning, priced at 1,700 JPY (excluding tax), with ISBN 978-4-911540-05-3. Atsushi Watanabe, born in Gifu Prefecture in 1973, established AW Consulting Inc. in May 2016 after extensive experience in consulting and ICT industries.