Professional pride

In Professional Pride - A powerful force, the authors trace a growing sense of professional pride among police officers, teachers, judges, doctors, nurses, social workers and other professionals. this book is aimed at supporting and directing this development. It contains a wealth of positive insights, strong opinions, sound research and true stories about people working in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
It is a must for professionals, managers, organizational experts and students.

In Professional Pride - A poweful force, Thijs Jansen, Gabriël van den Brink and Jos Kole offer an insightful treatment on the significance of professional pride. they not only broaden and enrich the discussion on managing professionals, but they rewrite the rules. Everyone working in a professional organization should be aware that nothing is more conducive to professionalism than simply relying on professionals and their professional pride. this insight renders many management tools and models superfluous and requires a completely different mindset of those who hold management positions within professionals' organizations.