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The Truth About Personal Performance (Collection)
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The Truth About Personal Performance (Collection)

by James O’Rourke, Leigh L. Thompson, Robert E. Gunther
August 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
656 pages
11h 58m
English
Pearson
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Truth 6. To manage change, you must lead change

In the organizational setting of years gone by, most managers spent their time on the tasks and processes associated with planning, organizing, controlling, staffing, coordinating, and troubleshooting.

In today's dynamic business world, you still have these traditional responsibilities; however, you must also juggle the multiple complexities and options for making your world "better, faster, and cheaper." To be an effective manager, you must be an effective leader—a leader of transformation!

Why is this critical? Research tells us that successful organizational transformation is 70 to 90 percent based on leadership and only 10 to 30 percent on management.

Most people think they know what leadership ...

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ISBN: 9780132582315