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Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win
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Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win

by Michael Canic
September 2020
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
5h 9m
English
McGraw-Hill
Audiobook available
Content preview from Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win

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CLIMB THE RIGHT MOUNTAIN

Follow your heart, but take your brain with you.

—Alfred Adler

 

YOU’RE CLEAR ABOUT WHY your organization needs to change. Now, what would it look like for your organization to “win”?

OUR BIG, AUDACIOUS GOAL

When I was young and foolish, my buddy Ken and I decided to test our rock-climbing skills on Cascade Mountain in the Canadian Rockies. Having done almost no research, we arrived at the mountain, picked out a route that looked promising, and began to climb. Without ropes, of course.

It was all going well. Until it wasn’t. The climbing got increasingly difficult, and we soon realized we were at the limit of our abilities—and our risk tolerance. Just one problem: We now had 62to downclimb. Hmmm, hadn’t planned ...

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ISBN: 9781260459821