Off-centered leadership : the Dogfish Head guide to motivation, collaboration and smart growth / Sam Calagione.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calagione, Sam, 1969- author.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.

Brewing industry--United States--Management--Case studies.

Brewing industry.

Small business--Management--Case studies.

Small business.

Leadership--Case studies.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2016.

Language Note:

English.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

text file

Summary:

Find out what happens when companies stop competing and start collaborating. Off-Centered Leadership considers an innovative approach to business by exploring what happens when companies stop competing and start collaborating — both externally in the marketplace and internally in building a culture of communication, trust and alignment. Brimming with lessons on entrepreneurship and culture from the founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of the fastest growing independent brewery in the country,members of his leadership team and external mentors from the worlds of business and art, this game-changing text turns competition on its head by showcasing how competing organizations can work together—and with other local businesses—to reach a common goal. The text dives into how Dogfish Head has blazed a new trail through the development of a revolutionary business model that has called upon musicians, community organizations, and even other breweries to keep product development fresh and create engaging customer experiences. This book documents and addresses the growing pains a company experiences as it evolves from the awkward early start up years into a mid-sized sustainable company with hundreds of co-workers. Calagione is candid in sharing his personal leadership challenges and success and calls on other seasoned vets inside and outside the company who inform and influence the journey of growth and creative expression Dogfish Head is on. This book is rich with practical information entrepreneurs and business people can apply to their own professional journeys. Competition has long been the name of the game in the business world, but what if there was a different way to approach business? The collaboration over competition approach to business has been proven to foster positivity, productivity, and, ultimately, success. By partnering with your competition instead of trying to outsell them, you could actually create a memorable customer experience that will have people coming back for more! Internally as well the dogfish approach has evolved and is not traditional org chart driven top down leadership. Calagione shared the challenges of evolving from a founder-driven entrepreneurial company where he was the sole creative and strategic director into a more collaborative collective where he is now one of many creative and strategic voices in the company. Discover the methods and approaches dogfish head has used to grow a rich diverse leadership t...

Contents:

Off-Centered Leadership: The Dogfish Head Guide to Motivation, Collaboration, and Smart Growth; Contents; Introduction; Enjoy the Journey; Celebrating the Epiphany; Joining the Fans; Proceed Slowly, Go Thoughtfully; A Third Way Forward; Chapter 1: From Entrepreneur to Leader; Creative Freedom; Your Coworkers are Your First Responsibility; The Retreat, February 2014; Interview; Nick Benz, CEO, Dogfish Head; What Distinguishes the Dogfish Way?; Chapter 2: Laid Up in Zero Gravity; The Goliaths and David; Internal Collaboration; Interview

Charlie Papazian, President, Brewers Association of America"People Can Do a Better Job Than Me"; Chapter 3: The Radically Changing Beer Business; A Brief History of the American Beer Industry; A Gathering Storm; Maintaining the Brand in Turbulent Times; Chapter 4: Leadership 101: Love the Mistakes; Interview; Pearse Lyons, President and Founder, Alltech, Inc.; "Chairman's Choice"; Chapter 5: Preparing for Success; Bringing in the Experts; Interview; Stewart D. Friedman, Founding Director of the Wharton Leadership Program; Harmony in All Aspects throughout Life

Chapter 6: Internal Collaboration: Marrying Off-Centeredness to a World-Class OrganizationInterview; Cindy Dunson, Director of Human Resources at Dogfish Head; Off-Centeredness Is about Our Culture; Experimental Brewing; Interview; Mariah Calagione, Vice President, Dogfish Head; "This Is the Road We're All Going Down Together"; Chapter 7: External Collaboration; External and Internal Collaboration; Giving Back; Our Community; Interview; Nick Brayton, President, Woolrich; Treating the Brand the Right Way; Chapter 8: Collaborative Creativity: Passion and Patience; Interview

Neal Stewart, VP of Marketing, Dogfish Head Tim Hawn, Brewmaster, Dogfish Head; The Birreria Story; Interview; Will Oldham, Renaissance Man; "The Communal Exploration of Goodness"; Chapter 9: Off-Centered Capital: Partnering for the Future; Interview; David Landau, Cofounder, LNK Partners; "You Have Taken on a Small Minority Investor Who Is Not Going to Tell You How to Make the Beer"; Chapter 10: Decade Three as an Off-Centered Leader; Interview; Terri Kelly, CEO, W. L. Gore & Associates; "Horizons of Growth"; Afterword; Index; End User License Agreement

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-14171-0

1-119-14170-2

OCLC:

931226849