Book description
Why do most corporations fail to achieve breakthrough performance? They make things too complex. They clutter it with jargon and confusion. They dither on the launch pad. They hire too many consultants, chase after too many fads. It doesn’t have to be that complicated. Whatever your goal, whatever your role, Michael T. Kanazawa and Robert H. Miles introduce a simple, practical, 100% results- driven approach that works. Drawing on their experience working with hundreds of senior executives, they show how to align your organization behind just a few core initiatives; bias your people toward speed; create leaders at every level; and achieve traction and accountability in all facets of execution. You’ll learn how to engage people instead of frustrating them, and harness their energy instead of wasting it. Whether you’re executing a new initiative, entering a new market, or attempting to transform your entire enterprise, this book will help you find the right path, clear the obstacles, and get there—surely and quickly.
Today’s companies recognize that they must constantly improve at every level, from frontline customer-facing functions to enterprise-wide strategy. They must execute bold new strategic initiatives more effectively... integrate and align acquisitions more quickly...and accelerate and sustain growth in the face of unprecedented competition. But wherever business transformation and breakthrough performance must occur, many of the challenges are the same.
Now, there’s a breakthrough methodology for overcoming these challenges. In BIG Ideas to BIG Results, Michael T. Kanazawa and Robert H. Miles introduce the Accelerated Corporate Transformation (ACT) methodology: A simple, no-nonsense process that is grounded in reality, inclusive of people, and 100% results-oriented.
Drawing on over twenty years refining and applying ACT, initially at Harvard Business School and then in leading enterprises, Kanazawa and Miles identify crucial steps to success, as well as practical solutions to the inevitable roadblocks you’ll face. Their #1 insight: Many obstacles stem from managers making situations and decisions more complex than they really are, and taking too much time to get ready. ACT strips away complexity and indecision, helping you move far more rapidly and predictably from strategy development through execution. Designed by leaders for leaders, this book will help you execute more rapidly and lead more effectively, to achieve breakthrough performance at any level, in any function, in any organization.
Step-by-step, leader-driven techniques
that work–simply and quickly
Business transformation
and breakthrough performance without the confusion and
complexity
What leaders must know–and
do–to succeed
Making it happen from the inside
out–without hordes of consultants
Conquer “corporate
gridlock” at last
Stay focused on what really
matters, instead of bouncing from one initiative to the next
Rapidly engage the full
organization...
...to power up leadership at every
level
www.bigideastobigresults.com
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Praise for BIG Ideas to BIG Results
- 1. A Better Way
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2. Breaking Through Gridlock
- Gridlock! The Task Overload Epidemic
- Where Did All of This Clutter Come From?
- The New Definition of Big Box Retail
- Task Overload Undermines Accountability
- One Company—Not Many
- Busting Through Gridlock: Getting Started
- The Leader’s Challenge: Less Is More
- Fighting Fires Versus Fire Prevention
- Endnotes
- 3. Creating Safe Passage
- 4. Confronting Today’s Reality
- 5. Sharpening the Strategy Arrow
- 6. Absolute Alignment
- 7. Rapidly Engaging the Full Organization
- 8. Productive Speed
- 9. Creating Leadership Power at All Levels
- 10. Building Operational Traction
- 11. Over the Hump and Into the Slump
- 12. Are You Up to the Challenge?
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Financial Times Press
Product information
- Title: BIG Ideas to BIG Results: Remake and Recharge Your Company, Fast
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2008
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780768681932
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