Books by Paul R. Fournier about Leadership, Management, Culture, Strategy, and Communication

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Effective leaders create an environment for opportunity. Opportunity delivers growth. Growth is a result. Growth in management effectiveness, employee performance, systems, and communication. Growth in financial success.

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Paul R. Fournier

“Change – Becoming a Confident and Bold Leader”

26 Articles on Empowering Leadership, Culture, and Strategy

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Change – Becoming a Confident and Bold Leader, offers 26 thought provoking articles. Change begins with you. Learn how confidence and bold action begins with leadership, culture, and strategy.

The book is available now in paperback and Kindle eBook.

“Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority”

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Anonymous Cultures offers guidance in leadership, culture management, and strategies. Solutions to improve business performance as well as employee and customer retention.

The book is available now in hardcover, paperback, Audible book, and Kindle eBook.

About the Author- Paul R. Fournier

About

Paul R. Fournier is a business author and president of Tacticware Management Consultants and Business Systems.

Paul is a graduate of the University of Kansas and has five successful adult children. Paul resides in Kansas City, USA.

His vast experience in management, strategy, human resources, operations, and sales management allows Paul to provide expert guidance.  Paul consults with corporate and family-owned businesses in a global environment.

Paul lectures to business groups regarding leadership, culture, and best practices. His books, white papers, and articles are published and available as industry resources through Tacticware.

Tacticware is focused on management, sales, HR, and operations. He consults with clients in multiple industries in a global environment. His central location is ideally suited for travel throughout the United States.

Visit https://tacticware.com for more information.

What Readers Say – Book Reviews – 5 Out of 5 Stars

Review

Paul R. Fournier’s “Anonymous Cultures: The Silent Majority” is a thought-provoking exploration of the often-overlooked aspect of culture management and leadership. In this book, Fournier delves deep into the subtle nuances of culture and explains how leaders can harness the power of the “silent majority” to foster organizational excellence. I am impressed by Fournier’s meticulous research, insightful observations, and practical strategies outlined in this book.

The book begins with a comprehensive introduction, setting the stage for the journey ahead. Fournier adeptly explains concept of “anonymous cultures,” which are those cultures within organizations that exist beneath the surface, often unnoticed, but play a pivotal role in shaping the collective identity and behavior of the workforce. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing and understanding these hidden influences, as they can have a profound impact on an organization’s success or failure.

Fournier’s writing is clear and engaging, making the complex topic of culture management accessible to a wide range of readers. His prose is a testament to his deep expertise and experience in the field, and he seamlessly combines theory and real-world examples to illustrate his points.

One of the standout features of “Anonymous Cultures” is the comprehensive analysis of various cultural archetypes. Fournier categorizes organizational cultures into archetypes such as “innovative “innovators” and traditionalists,,” shedding light on the strengths and weaknesses of each. He skillfully guides readers through a self-assessment process, enabling them to identify their organization’s culture and understand how it aligns with their goals and strategies. This pragmatic approach allows leaders to make informed decisions about culture management.

Fournier’s book is replete with practical strategies and tools for culture management and leadership. He underscores the significance of alignment between the visible culture (explicit values and behaviors) and the anonymous culture (implicit values and assumptions). By providing a variety of case studies, best practices, and frameworks, Fournier equips leaders with the tools to bridge these gaps, creating a harmonious culture that drives success.

“Anonymous Cultures” also delves into the critical role of leaders in shaping and managing culture. Fournier emphasizes leaders are culture architects and highlights the importance of their role in crafting a culture that aligns with organizational objectives. His insights on leadership qualities, communication, and change management are invaluable to those seeking to foster a culture of excellence within their organizations.

Fournier doesn’t shy away from addressing the challenges that organizations may encounter when attempting to change or align their culture. He guides how to navigate resistance, manage cultural conflicts, and sustain cultural transformation efforts. Given all that I have mentioned above, I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.

In conclusion, “Anonymous Cultures: The Silent Majority” by Paul R. Fournier is a remarkable book that offers a fresh perspective on culture management and leadership. Fournier’s expertise and practical guidance make it an essential read for leaders, managers, and professionals interested in maximizing the potential of their organizations. This book is a comprehensive resource that combines theory with actionable insights, making it a valuable addition to the field of organizational culture and leadership. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to understand and shape their organization’s culture for long-term success.

Review

One significant reason top firms retain that status for as long as they do is their business culture. Successful firms develop and align to well-defined, clear, and specific cultural practices. Paul R. Fournier, in his book, Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority, discusses in depth the different aspects and importance of culture in organizations.

Paul starts his writing with an intriguing and impressive story that illuminates his message on culture. It is here that he introduces the idea of anonymous culture quite expertly. The author then goes on what I’d call a ‘professional consultation’ run. He writes 21 chapters, giving advice and analyzing the impacts that leadership, management, communication, and business products have on an organization’s culture. He talks about the critical roles different stakeholders play in the success and implementation of culture. Moreover, he makes very persuasive and logical arguments on how leadership and management, intertwined with culture, have contributed to the successes and failures of specific organizations. He finally gives practical ideas and methods to company leadership on steering enterprises towards success grounded on the right and known business cultures.

The author is an expert in this field, and this book perfectly stamps that fact. He talks about issues of business and culture quite effortlessly and flawlessly. It felt like I was seated through a paid business consultation session. I enjoyed every bit of his work. As an aspiring entrepreneur, I found the book insightful and informative. It laid the importance of a known culture and gave step-by-step guidance on instilling that right culture.

The author does not try to impose his thoughts and ideas onto the reader. Instead, he narrates both sides of the coin and then logically explains why he prefers one to the other. For instance, when discussing communication and responses, he summarizes normal responses before explaining their faults and giving the proper answers. The language used in the book is simple and relatively easy to comprehend. Its organization was also splendid. The ideas flowed seamlessly and got complex as the book advanced. There was nothing negative I could point out in the book.

I give this book a perfect rating of 5 out of 5 stars. It is well-written and expertly delivered. In addition, it seemed professionally edited as I only found a few errors. I’d recommend it to current and aspiring corporate world leaders. Business owners could also use some of the information in the book.

Review

Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority is a business book about managing and leading a business with the right strategies. Anonymous Cultures outlines strategies in cultural leadership and management. This book’s main purpose is to increase the leadership capacities of business leaders and management. Paul R. Fournier is a business consultant, and he wrote this book in order to build better quality businesses through increasing the capacity of business owners and leaders.

The book starts with a preface that summarizes business cultures. The author describes business cultures as “living, breathing entities that operate out of sight of the management.” He also explains how the history of the industrial revolutions that changed the world is a catalyst for change. The author believes that the transformation of business cultures will only start when the leaders and business owners start to ask the right questions about anonymous cultures. The main goal of this book is to redefine the goals of business enterprises and companies.

I loved reading this book. It was well written and easy to understand. I also loved the addition of tables to show the business data and the data from the author’s research. The Silent Majority is a book that can also be read by people who are new to the business world. It is a book that is written for a particular target audience, business leaders. It is written in a way that it would be understood by anyone who is new to the business world while also being very detailed and informative. The author believes that the capacity of a company is determined by the capacity of its leaders, and this book is written with the goal of expanding the leadership capacity of business owners and managers. I also loved how the author used real-life examples to explain his views.

I could not find anything I disliked about Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority. It was definitely an interesting and informative read. I found no typos or grammatical errors while reading this book. This was not the first business book I have read that tries to change the cultural dynamic of the business world, but this is definitely the most detailed business book I have read.

I would rate Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority five out of five stars. It was professionally edited, well written, and free of grammatical errors. I gave this book an excellent rating because it was an intriguing and informative read. The author uses his experience as a business consultant to explain his thoughts in an easy-to-understand way.

I would recommend Anonymous Cultures to all business owners, managers, and leaders. This would also be an amazing read for people who study business management in college.

Review

Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority: Strategies in Culture Management and Leadership is a good guidebook about corporate tactics, leadership, and culture. It was written by Paul R. Fournier, the CEO of the Tacticware Resource Group, a business consulting firm based in the United States of America. His goal was to assist individuals in developing effective leadership, cultural management, and business strategies. He also emphasized the importance of business perceptions, which aid great leaders and managers in establishing excellent businesses that maximize revenues. There is a clear definition of business culture as well as facts that influence culture management that are vividly explained.

The content of the book was the aspect that I liked most. The information was dense and well-explained. The arrangement of the book is stunning. The information is well-written, and key ideas are highlighted using bullet symbols and numerical figures. It’s a book that’s nearly 435 pages long. The book includes concise and simple descriptions of words. This makes it easier to understand the entire book. The book is divided into 26 chapters. The information is presented in a simple, easy-to-understand language.

Before the introduction, there is a motivating and delightful preface, which I also enjoyed. There is an amazing story in the preface section that influenced the author’s perspective. When you read the book, it will also change your perspective. The book’s content is likewise of high quality and insightful. This is an excellent book that covers a wide range of topics and was thoroughly researched. The book’s cover was also a trademark for this book. It was quite well-designed. This is a book that will provide a wealth of practical knowledge to people seeking to be good leaders and strategists.

As an ambitious businessperson, it was a pleasure to read this book. The book’s writing style is straightforward, so it’s not difficult to understand.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about business cultures, effective communication, leadership abilities, and general business. It contains enough information to broaden their business horizons. It was incredibly well-edited. There wasn’t a single mistake in it. I give it a rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is due to the content and how nicely it was edited.

Review

Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority, written by Paul R. Fournier, is a business-oriented book that focuses mainly on cultural management and changing the goals and boundaries of business enterprises. Anonymous Cultures is a book with multiple goals, with most of those goals focusing on leadership and management. The author explains that the capacity of a company’s leaders directly influences the capacity of the company they lead.

One thing I particularly liked about this book was how well written it was. When I usually read books that talk about business leadership, they are usually filled with business terms that can’t be easily understood by people who are new to business, but Anonymous Cultures is a book that can be easily understood by anyone interested in business. Business culture is a very important part of this book. It talks about how culture management affects the relationships between the employees, the customers, and the shareholders. Anonymous Cultures talks about every single aspect of business and outlines things that the author believes affect business culture. Chapter 9, which was about cultural diversity, was my favourite chapter to read. The author outlines ways to deal with discrimination in business and how cultural diversity can be handled in a positive manner by business leaders. It also lists what the author calls the “three laws of business.” Anonymous Cultures also talks about the importance of a common language to facilitate mutual understanding between employers and employees.

There was nothing I disliked about this book; it was easy to understand and read. The author outlines and lists out all his points. I loved reading this book. Anonymous Cultures is a book that is packed full of information and it covers almost every single aspect of business culture.

I would rate Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority five out of five stars. I gave Anonymous Cultures an excellent rating because I believe that this book is filled with essential information that is much needed by business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs. It is also professionally edited, well written, and free of grammatical errors and typos.

I would recommend Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority to anyone who is interested in starting a profitable business or to any business entrepreneur or owner. Anonymous Cultures would also be an incredible book to read for anyone studying business management or for people interested in learning more about business cultures and the best ways to lead and manage a business.

Review

Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority by Paul R. Fournier, is about Business Culture/ Corporate Culture, that is defined as belief, values, expectations, practice and behaviors that serves as guide to action for employees, managers, customers and shareholders of the organization. In the absence of such a guiding principle or lack of healthy organizational culture or prevalence of toxic culture, it would be difficult for organizations to function effectively and efficiently. Even though it varies from organization to organization, some of the traits that make good organizational culture are respect, trust, teamwork, performance, innovation etc. So the responsibility of constructing and implementing such a quality organizational culture squarely lies on the shoulder of the management or leadership of an organization.

The book Anonymous Cultures, The Silent Majority by Paul R. Fournier consisting of 26 chapters and 435 pages illustrates the role that culture plays in attaining organizational goals and objectives if it is designed and implemented carefully. Several ideas, concepts and theoretical frameworks have been incorporated into this book regarding the constructive role of healthy organizational culture and the damage that toxic culture may cause. The author begins elaborating about culture under the topic Culture Management. Here he explains that culture to be not as such a tangible matter that could be observed (anonymous), rather it is perception (of employees, customers, shareholders) towards the organization. He lists down ten benefits culture could give organizations if drafted and managed properly. Same to above Paul R. Fournier mentions many things about culture under the topics like Common Performance Language, where he elaborates issues such as 360° Organizational Assessment, effective meetings, key performance indicators (KPI) that can help enrich culture. Particularly under the topic Vision, Mission, and core Values, it is explained how boundaries of culture are demarcated and every stake holder understands what is expected of him and what he has to expect from the organization. The book also mentions how the Company Rating System helps enforcing the cultural standards. The author emphasizes Leadership to be central and responsible to designing, articulating, communicating and reviewing cultural standards and norms as well ensure maintenance of healthy culture. Since every organization is composed of different individuals and group of people with different needs and outlook, Paul R. Fournier proposes Cultural Diversity and Inclusion need to be considered so that expectations of every member can be met. Importance of effective Communication has also been discussed to make culture understandable and beneficial to all concerned. The book proceeds explanation of cultural impacts on many of organizational processes and department like Strategy and tactics, Human Resource selecting and Retaining the best Talent, Developmental Learning & Training, Management Team Culture, Developing Common Performance Language, Sales and Marketing, Customer Service, Technology and others.

Positive aspect of the book is that at the end of each and every chapter the author poses questions which I found it to be important and that can help readers as how much one has understood the topic under question and remembers what has already been mentioned. The author also has shown how company culture is challenged and negatively impacted by departmental Silos, Gray skies, lack of effective Communications and Chaos that sometimes occur within the organization. In addition the book vividly shows how some tools such as 360° Organizational Assessment, Granite Principles, Cultural firewalls, and Leadership, culture and strategy (LCS) help to fix problems attached to culture and make improvements when employees perception is not in the right direction and organization’s culture and performance is compromised . The book further mentions difference between Activity driven management and Objective driven management and draws metaphor that activity driven organizations could not be sustainable.

My rating of the book is 5 out of 5 stars. Because I believe the author has vast knowledge and skill on the subject matter and has presented the book in a detailed manner and professional way.

I recommend the book to all business and management academics, students, researchers and practitioners as well entrepreneurs. Finally I would like to borrow quotation from the author and close my review. ”Employee attrition is not always a result of wages and benefits. Employees leave because of business behaviors and practices”

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Paul R. Fournier offers Business Management Systems and consulting services through his leadership of the Tacticware Business Systems. Learn more about these services below.

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Our courses center in Management, HR, Sales, and Operations. We offer inter-active educational courses crafted to client expectations. Available in 1/2 or full day seminars.

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