book

Accelerating Performance

by Colin Price, Sharon Toye

January 2017

Intermediate to advanced

352 pages

10h 2m

English

Wiley

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The Need for SpeedDisruptionMETA
AtentoNets HoldingNXP
The 23 SuperacceleratorsThe Journey

Mobilize: Embrace UncertaintyMobilize: Pressure-Tested Decision MakingMobilize: Shared VisionExecute: Future Core CompetenciesExecute: Adaptive PlaybookTransform: Balanced PortfolioTransform: Fail FastTransform: Rapid ResponseAgility: ForesightAgility: LearningAgility: AdaptabilityAgility: Resilience
The 13 Drag and Drive FactorsThe 39 Differentiating Actions
MobilizeExecuteTransformAgilityCaution for Senior TeamsFinal Insights from Nationwide
How to Accelerate a Leader’s PerformanceExecution RhythmsCore Mind-SetsShifting Mind-Sets
What the Right Recipe Can ProduceWhat a Confused Recipe Can ProduceHow to Find the Right RecipeA Journey in More Detail
The “Any Behavior Change” (ABC) ModelThe ABC Model in Action
When You Can’t Change the People, You Have to Change the PeopleHiring the Right CEOWhat Makes a CEO SuccessfulGetting the Best out of Your New CEOShaping the Executive TeamFacing the Ugly TaskHow to Ensure That You Don’t Have to Exit Executives (As Often)
The Emerging ResearchFour Types of Boards That Drive AccelerationHow to Accelerate Board PerformanceIf You Do Nothing Else, Do These Five Things
Develop a 35,000-Foot ViewEmbrace the Power of DoubtTrain, Train, TrainForm the Right TeamsTest and Learn
Fluid Reallocation of Capital ResourcesPeople MobilityResource Sharing and Reuse
The Four Levels of ThinkingAn ApplicationFive Actions
Leading Across BoundariesA Focus on the New WorkforceHow Liquid Leadership Looks in Practice
The Five Steps to AccelerationLessons Learned
1. Strategy Acceleration2. Organizational Acceleration3. Team Acceleration4. Individual-Leader Acceleration5. Board Acceleration6. Superaccelerators Interviewed for This Book7. The 23 Superaccelerators

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Index

ABC (Any Behavior Change) model
- align the operating model in
- build skills in
- connect with purpose in
- provide space in
- role-model in
Accelerating organizations
Accelerating teams
Acceleration. See also Speed
- finding recipe of actions for, see Recipes for acceleration
- of individual leaders, see Leader acceleration
- model for, see META (Mobilize, Execute, and Transform with Agility)
- of organizations, see Organizational acceleration
- as predictor of revenue growth
- research on
- steps in
- of strategy, see Strategy acceleration
- sustaining
- of teams, see Team acceleration
Acceleration diagnostic
- revenue CAGR calculation
- self-assessment tool for
Acceleration trap
Accountability(-ies):
- explicit, for team acceleration
- in role-modeling
- “sucking up,”
- for tracking conditions
- unclear
Acid tests
- for Customer Intimate recipe
- for Execution Engine recipe
- for Portfolio Investor recipe
- for Talent Magnet recipe
Acqui-hiring, by Google
Actions:
- anchor, see Anchor actions
- differentiating, see Differentiating actions
- in steps to acceleration
- threshold, see Threshold actions
Activist, thinking like an
Adaptability
- and need for authenticity
- for strategy acceleration
- for team acceleration
Adaptive playbook
Adobe
Adoption, speed to
Advancing organizations
Advancing teams
Advent International
Agility
- drag and drive factors in See also individual factors
- in organizational acceleration
- in strategy acceleration
- in team acceleration
Airbnb
Ali, Muhammad
Aligned action
Alignment
- in Bain Capital acquisition ...