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The Three Laws of Performance

Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life
J-B Warren Bennis Series, Band 171 1. Aufl.

von: Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan
12,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	26.07.2011
ISBN/EAN:	9781118170724
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	256

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Titelbeschreibung

A proven system for rallying all of an organizations' employees around a new vision and ideas for making the vision stick When something at work isn't going smoothly, managers struggle with what part of the problem to tackle first. Do they start with cost reduction? Or should they go for process improvements first? The authors—who have helped hundreds of companies and individuals change and improve—say spend time and money adjusting the systems in which people operate, rather than targeting people and their performance directly. The authors show that it's in fact possible to change everything at once—with a focus on making such transformations permanent and repeatable. <ul> <li>Brand-new Introduction written for the paperback edition</li> <li>Filled with illustrative examples from Northrup Grumman, BHP-Billiton, Reebok, Harvard Business School, and many others</li> <li>Two experts in the field show how to make major transformations happen</li> </ul> The book outlines a process for engaging all employees to buy-in to an improved vision of an organization's new and improved future.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor’s Note, by Warren Bennis xiii Foreword, by Michael C. Jensen xvii Authors’ Note xxi Introduction: The Power of Rewriting the Future xxv Part I: The Three Laws in Action 1. Transforming an Impossible Situation 3 2. Where Is the Key to Performance? 31 3. Rewriting a Future That’s Already Written 65 Part II: Rewriting the Future of Leadership 4. With So Many Books on Leadership, Why Are There So Few Leaders? 93 5. The Self-Led Organization 117 Part III: Mastering the Game of Performance 6. Who or What Is Leading Your Life? 143 7. The Path to Mastery 169 8. Breaking the Performance Barrier 199 Epilogue to the Paperback Edition 206 Appendix: The Three Laws of Performance and the Leadership Corollaries 212 Notes 213 Acknowledgments 215 The Authors 219 Index 221

Autorenportrait

Steve Zaffron is the CEO of the Vanto Group, a global consulting firm that designs and implements large-scale initiatives to elevate organizational performance. Zaffron has directed major corporate initiatives with more than three hundred organizations in twenty countries. Dave Logan is on the faculty at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and is a former associate dean. He is also senior partner of CultureSync, a management consulting firm. Logan has written three books, including Tribal Leadership.

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"An inspiring, practical book that will assist all who seek to rewrite the future of our world." —Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, NOBEL LAUREATE The Three Laws of Performance HOW DO COMPANIES, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, in different countries and industries, achieve breakthrough performance when the odds are stacked against them? Such results are possible when people apply The Three Laws of Performance and rewrite their futures. This book will show you how to do the same in your organization and your life. Although most of us aren't aware of it, we have a future that's already been written. Our future is written by hopes, fears, dreams, expectations, and decisions made about life. In the same way, organizations have futures written by history, circumstances, culture, aspirations, successes, and failures. These already-written futures determine and shape the level of performance that's possible for individuals and organizations. In The Three Laws of Performance, Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan crack the code on rewriting the future for people and organizations, elevating performance to unprecedented levels. "This book is a wonderful reminder that things we don't see determine what we do see, and therefore, what really gets done. The Three Laws of Performance hits the mark in providing both rich food for thought and techniques that can create profound results." —David Allen, author, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity and Making It All Work: Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life "The Three Laws of Performance is must-reading for leaders who want to make a positive difference. Change doesn't happen in a vacuum; it happens when people see and hear a future they can get excited about. Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan show how true leaders sidestep negative stumbling blocks to articulate visions that heal and inspire." —Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher Level