The Two Minute Drill
Lessons for Rapid Organizational Improvement from America's Greatest Game
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2007
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7879-9490-7 (ISBN)
Description
Praise for The Two-Minute Drill
"The authors have created an approach to improvement that is powerful, poignant, and packs a punch. The Two-Minute Drill provides a real plan of action for improvement that people can really relate to."
-Vicky Black, president, Fabory North America
"In the past 25 years, my company has shifted from process strategies to execution strategies. By far the lessons on execution described in The Two-Minute Drill have produced the most successful results for us. I have taken
this book to my team, and we are now better prepared to take the ball into the improvement end zone."
-Al Caperna, CEO, CMC Group
"When your team is not ready for the change game, the outcome can be disastrous. I wish I had had the benefit of the lessons from The Two-Minute Drill before undertaking my latest change effort."
-Rear Admiral David R. Ellison, USN (Ret.), president and superintendent, New Mexico Military Institute
"In today's fast-paced competitive world, there is little time for error or waste. Just like a well-disciplined football team, business leaders should use the techniques explained in The Two-Minute Drill to ensure that their teams move the ball, score, and win."
-Gary L. Cowger, group vice president, Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations, General Motors Corporation
"Having played quarterback and run the two-minute drill in college, it is no different in business. Define winning, prepare, communicate, seize control, adjust quickly, and-above all-execute! Organizational change and transformation demand action, as we do not have the whole season to score. I have made the Two-Minute Drill part of my playbook, and you should also. The clock is running on all of us."
-John Meier, CEO, Libbey, Inc.
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Persons
Clinton O. Longenecker is the Stranahan Professor of Leadership and Organizational Excellence in the College of Business Administration at the University of Toledo. He is a frequent speaker, corporate consultant, and media source, and was chosen as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2004.
Greg R. Papp is president of Cube Culture Corporation, a consulting firm specializing in performance improvement. He was formerly controller of Aeroquip-Vickers Corporation.
Timothy C. Stansfield is president of IET, Inc., a manufacturing consulting firm that has worked with 1400 manufacturing plants over 20 years. Tim was selected as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young.
Content
Foreword (Marvin Lewis).
Prologue: Speed and Execution Are the Keys to Success.
1. The Two-Minute Drill Mind-Set: Eight Winning Principles Business Leaders Can Learn from the Great Game of Football.
Football Example: UT vs. Pitt, 2003.
Business Example: Problems with Six-Sigma.
2. You Are the Quarterback: Leading Your Organization to Improve.
Football Example: Broncos vs. Browns, 1987: "The Drive".
Business Example: Poor leadership at a distribution center.
3. Know the Score and Define Winning: How Is Your Organization Really Performing, and What Do You Really Want to Achieve?
Football Example: USC vs. Notre Dame, 2005.
Business Example: Improving new product delivery time and quality.
4. Create Your Scouting Report and Game-Day Match-Ups: Identify Potential Opponents to Change.
Football Example: Dolphins vs. Jets, 1994.
Business Example: Improving a company's price-quoting system.
5. Create an Extreme Focus and a Sense of Urgency: A Plan for Implementing Rapid Change.
Football Example: Patriots vs. Panthers, 2004 Super Bowl.
Business Example: Natural gas shortage crisis.
6. Develop Your Winning Two-Minute Drill Package: Get the Right Players on the Field and Take Ownership of the Plan.
Football Example: 49ers vs. Bengals, 1989 Super Bowl.
Business Example: TMS Engineering.
7. Snap the Ball and Execute the Right Plays: Execution Is Critical to Improvement.
Football Example: Titans vs. Rams, 2000 Super Bowl.
Business Example: CTSK Industries' cost-cutting measures.
8. Close Out the Game, Then Celebrate: Don't Reward "Victory" Until You See Truly Lasting Success.
Football Example: Kentucky vs. LSU, 2002.
Business Example: Kingswood Valley Healthcare.
9. Conduct a Postgame Press Conference and Analysis: Review Your Successes So That You and Others Can Do Even Better in the Future.
Football Example: Indianapolis Colt postgame press conference (after playing New York Jets), 2006.
Business Example: Tri-X Corporation.
Epilogue: Winning Is Better than Losing.
Endnotes.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Index.