Leadership pure and simple : how transformative leaders create winning organizations / David Wilkins, Greg Carolin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkins, David, 1971- author.

Carolin, Greg, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How transformative leaders create winning organizations

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Seize control of your company's future--even in times of business disruption and market turmoil From expanding global markets to an intensifying "war" for human resources, disruptive shifts are now a fact of business life. The ability to anticipate and adapt to such changes is what will separate the winners from the losers in the very near future. Creating the organizational agility necessary to compete in this new environment doesn't begin with the brute force of spending huge sums of money. Nor will a "bulletproof" business strategy or a culture of innovation magically transpire without the right foundations in place. You have to begin where all business success starts--with Leadership Pure and Simple . Leadership Pure and Simple gives you the tools to turn today's toughest business challenges into transformative opportunities for profitability and growth. By approaching leadership in a number of ways--including as a strategist, an innovator, a decision maker, a critical thinker, and a process manager--you can lead your company to profitability and growth no matter what the global economy throws your way. Leadership Pure and Simple addresses the broadest and most important changes occurring in society today to help you: Develop strategies built around a central core that are refl ective of local strategic variables Inspire greater degrees of innovation Eschew a defensive "batten down the hatches" approach and look ahead to exploit new opportunities when economic conditions improve Develop a business model for attracting and retaining the best people to meet your goals Foresee how everything from climate change to the expanding gap between rich and poor will affect your particular industry The fallout from our rapidly changing global economy hasn't occurred in force yet. But it's coming. Read Leadership Pure and Simple and learn how to adapt your company to the upheaval going on around it and lead it to ultimate success. Praise for Leadership Pure and Simple "[DPI's] process has been a key catalyst of our growth." -- THOMAS CHUA, chairman, Teckwah Industrial Corporation "The DPI process requires the organization and all its key managers to quite extensively draw on their collective knowledge and experience to formulate answers to the challenging questions framed. We found it easier to do [innovate and change the game] based on the methodology, because the leadership itself had crafted the new strategy and the new business concept." -- CHONG S...

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Timeless Leadership in a Changing World

Chapter 1 The World in 2020

Chapter 2 What is Leadership?

Part 2 The Leader as Strategist

Chapter 3 Obstacles to Transformative Strategic Thinking

Chapter 4 Determining the Strategic Heartbeat of the Business

Chapter 5 The Strategic Thinking Process: From Strategy Formulation to Deployment

Part 3 The Leader as Innovator

Chapter 6 Innovation: The Fuel of Corporate Longevity

Chapter 7 The Process of Strategic Product Innovation

Chapter 8 Making New Product Creation a Repeatable Business Practice

Part 4 The Leader as Situation Manager

Chapter 9 Balancing Operations and Execution

Chapter 10 The Situation Management Framework

Chapter 11 Increasing the Situation Management Quotient of the Organization

Part 5 The Leader as Process Coach and Manager

Chapter 12 Self-Mastery

Chapter 13 The Leader as Critical Thinking Coach

Chapter 14 The Leader as Process Manager and Implementer

Part 6 The Transformational Leader

Chapter 15 Leadership Pure and Simple

Index

Untitled.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613897169

9781283584715

1283584719

9780071791830

0071791833

OCLC:

1024271264