Les McKeown provides anyone who works with others - whether they're a leader or not - with a stunningly intuitive yet powerful model that will enable them to become a "leader of leaders"; lead any group away from gridlock and compromise to achieving exceptional results; produce cohesion and alignment in even the most dysfunctional team; and accelerate and consolidate the success of any group. Using multiple anecdotes and mini-case studies, the book begins by showing how groups of people with common goals almost always fail to produce great results, either because the group gridlocks at some point or because the group members compromise their expectations for great results in order to simply "get something done." McKeown offers a detailed step-by-step guide to help managers develop their own Synergist skills, which will lead to improved results and repeatable success.
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'"The Synergist" speaks directly to the single greatest challenge leadership teams face today: a lack of relationship and communication. If you want to know what your leadership team needs to succeed, study this book carefully.' --Tom Rath, author of "StrengthsFinder 2.0" and "How Full is Your Bucket?"
'If you want to get unstuck and do big things, buy "The Synergist." It's the best book I've read on high-quality team-based decision making; the key to accelerated growth and overall success.' -- Michael Port, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Book Yourself Solid"
'Les McKeown's excellent first book, "Predictable Success", helped many companies--including the Motley Fool - stay on the right track. Now "The Synergist" unlocks the secrets to becoming an effective team leader, which anyone can use to achieve personal and professional growth.' --David Gardner, cofounder and Chief Rule Breaker, The Motley Fool
'Simple, intuitive, and transformative. "The Synergist" lays out not only a road map to building highly successful teams, but a process that empowers organizations, fuels progress, and dissolves gridlock.' -- Jonathan Fields, author of "Uncertainty"
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Basingstoke
Großbritannien
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Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
mit Schutzumschlag
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Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 19 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-230-12055-6 (9780230120556)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Les McKeown is the president and CEO of Predictable Success, a consulting firm with clients that include T-Mobile, Microsoft, the US Army, Harvard University, Bose, British Aerospace and many more. McKeown's previous book, Predictable Success, hit the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists in 2010. McKeown is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and has appeared on CNN, ABC, BBC, Inc, Entrepreneur magazine, USA Today and The New York Times. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Introduction: Herding Cats: Why Groups So Often Fail to Achieve Their Goals, and How to Prevent it Happening to You Overview: The Failure Gene That's Baked into the DNA of Every Group and How to Escape it PART I: THE UNSTABLE TRIANGLE: THE 3 NATURALLY OCURRING GROUP INTERACTION STYLES The Visionary: Hold on Tight, We're Going to Mars The Operator: Yay...Let's Build a Rocket Ship The Processor: Not So Fast. Where's Your Requisition Slip? Gridlock: The Hidden Death-grip that Silently Paralyses Every Group PART II: THE SYNERGIST: TRANSFORMING THE GROUP BY TRANSCENDING PERSONAL AGENDAS Limping to the End Line: How and Why Visionaries, Operators and Processors Hobble the Success of Their Group From Triangle to Pyramid: Bringing a New Dimension to the Group Dynamic - The Synergist Dancing With the Stars: How the Synergist Releases Cohesion and Flow in the Group Starting Fast, Finishing Strong: The Lifecycle of a Highly Successful Group PART III: BECOMING A LEADER OF LEADERS: DEVELOPING THE SYNERGIST MINDSET This is Not That: Teaching the Visionary, Operator and Processor to Understand Each Other We, Not Me: Building the Groups' Agenda and Ensuring it's Precedence And, Not Or: Moving the Visionary, Operator and Processor from Competition to Co-operation
