The business of excellence : building high-performance teams and organizations / Justin Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Justin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teams in the workplace--Management.

Teams in the workplace.

Employees--Coaching of.

Employees.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Business, 2016.

Summary:

"A vivid, compelling and highly readable insight into building world-leading teams and organizations." - Dr Catherine Raines, Chief Executive, UK Trade & Investment The Business of Excellence offers a unique and compelling perspective on the drivers of excellence in teams and organizations. The author, Justin Hughes, brings an unusual mix of experience and insight, having worked as a management consultant to some of the world's most successful organizations, in addition to having served for 12 years as a military fighter pilot, where he became Executive Officer on the RAF Red Arrows. The challenges of high performance and leadership are explored in depth, and are illustrated with insights, interviews and case studies from the military, sporting and corporate worlds. The material includes a proprietary performance model that can be applied to a wide spectrum of organizations, focusing on: · People: the primacy of attitude over skills · Capability: building alignment before setting people free · Delivery: a process to close the gap between desired and actual outcomes · Learning: how to accelerate performance in real time · Leadership: exhibiting a set of behaviours such that others choose to follow · Risk: avoiding the victory of compliance over outcomes. In The Business of Excellence, Justin deconstructs the drivers of high performance with a rare clarity, insight and accessibility, to illustrate and explain tangible tools and methods, all of which can be applied by readers in their own teams and organizations.

Contents:

Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The crux of the issue; Fly the plane; World-.class basics; Learning from experience; The crux of the issue; The problem; The solution; Chapter 2 Excellence -. it starts with you; Looking in the mirror; Setting the standard; The humility of high performers; Leave no stone unturned; Benchmarking (are you up for it?); But we're creative; Summary of key points; The foundations; Chapter 3 Team players for team games (People); Drivers of behaviour

You get the behaviour (performance) you train forYou get the behaviour (performance) you reward; Selection for the Red Arrows; The challenge for The Red Arrows; The selection process; The challenge for senior leadership teams; Team banking -. a case study; Developing the high-.performance team -. processes; Summary of key points; Chapter 4 Building the teams and organization you need (Capability); Britain's worst customer service company? (a hotly contended title!); Britain's best team?; Learning to be a fighter pilot; Putting the training to the test; Building the teams you need

Building capability in the teamClarity; Alignment; Commitment; The Channel Tunnel -. a case study; Common approach; Communication; Empowerment; Summary of key points; Getting stuff done; Chapter 5 From desire to outcome (Delivery); 5A Plans and planning; Planning for success; Plans and planning; The right solution to the wrong problem; The mission planning process; Aim; Start at the end; Analysis; Threats; External threats; Environmental threats; Internal threats (weaknesses); Strengths; Tactics (where is the best opportunity for success?); Contingencies

Upside down at 400mph: What's the plan?Stress testing the assumptions; The Red Team; Differential insight; Leading a planning team; Summary of key points; 5B Communicating the plan; Which guns did you mean?; The concept of briefing; The mechanics of briefing; Fighter pilot mission brief; Briefing -. case study; Summary of key points; 5C Execution; Friction and information overload; Priorities: What's the ball you can't afford to drop?; Recognizing overload; Execution and the art of decision-.making; Case study -. Marks and Spencer; History; Lessons; Conclusion; Summary of key points

Chapter 6 Accelerating performance (Learning)An organization with a memory; The Donaldson report; The Francis report; Other sectors; A culture of learning; The debrief; What is a debrief?; A little bit of history; What a debrief isn't; Debrief behaviours; A quick health warning; Actor/.observer bias; Behaviour in practice; Running the debrief; Lead by example; Establish the parameters; Analyse the execution; Review the learning; Notify the learning; Implementation -. when and what; Knowledge management; Conclusion; Summary of key points; Other issues

Chapter 7 Bringing others on the journey (Leadership)

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 29, 2016).

ISBN:

9781472930248

147293024X

OCLC:

954045798