Strategic speed
Subtitle: mobilize people, accelerate execution
By: Jocelyn R. Davis, Edwin H. Boswell, Henry M. Frechette, Jr.
Contributors: Boswell, Edwin H.; Frechette, Henry M.
Publisher: Harvard Business Press; Harvard Business Review Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781422131527
Subjects: Labor productivity; Employee motivation; Industrial productivity; Strategic planning
Description: ""Where urgency meets execution. This book helps leaders tackle their greatest challenge: turning plans into action, fast."--Walt Macnee, President, International Markets, MasterCard Worldwide" ""A refreshing new view on strategy: how leaders can execute strategy through people, and what makes some companies faster and more agile than others."--Isobel Peck, Chief Marketing Officer, Informa" ""In Strategic Speed, we finally get the implementation model that needs to go with the strategy."--Lean Schlesinger, President, Babson College" ""This book is packed with great insights and practical tools. Read it, use it, and gain strategic speed."--Craig Wortmann, CEO, Experience LLC, and author of What's Your Story?" ""The framework, case examples, and tools equip leaders to embrace and execute strategic speed."--Noel Tichy, professor and director, Global Citizenship Initiative at the University of Michigan; and coauthor (with Warren Bennis) of Judgment" ""I urge executives everywhere to read this book. It's filled with valuable insights and actionable best practices that every company will benefit from."--Douglas Anderson, President and CEO, Carlson Wagonlit Travel" ""Davis, Frechette, and Boswell make things just as Einstein requested: simple, without being simplified. They identify predictable change management traps and provide useful frameworks for avoiding them."--Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School" ""The magic is in the execution. Strategic Speed provides relevant business cases and practical suggestions to create that magic and deliver real outcomes."--Catriona Noble, Managing Director, McDonald's Australia"--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Speed: a new view; title: The people factors: clarity, unity, agility; title: Leaders affirm strategies; title: Leaders drive initiatives; title: Leaders manage climate; title: Leaders cultivate experience; title: Tools for achieving strategic speed.