Speed
Subtitle: how leaders accelerate successful execution
By: John H. Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman
Contributors: Folkman, Joe, author
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781259837388
Subjects: Leadership; Strategic planning; Organizational change
Description: In order to stay competitive and profitable, companies must improve the speed at which they operate and make crucial decisions. Speed reveals eight essential behaviors anyone can adopt to improve speed and rive organizational effectiveness. The authors demonstrate speed is produced not by frantic activity but by skillful execution of these key behaviors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Need for speed. Speed matters; title: Your speedometer ; Speed laws ; Speed traps ; Organizational benefits form leadership speed; title: Tactics to increase leadership speed. Speeding up your day ; Accelerate meetings ; Modeling speed; title: The cross-training approach to increasing speed. Companion behaviors for leadership speed ; Innovating ; Exhibiting strategic perspective ; Displaying courage ; Setting stretch goals ; Communicating powerfully ; Bringing external focus ; Taking initiative ; Possessing knowledge and expertise; title: Conclusion : speed and the balanced life.