
Speed: How Leaders Accelerate Successful Execution
McGraw-Hill Education (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 16. December 2016
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-259-83738-8 (ISBN)
Description
Seize the competitive advantage by building speed into your leadership DNA
The rapid pace at which change occurs in business today is unprecedented. Speed has become a major source of competitive advantage. Leaders who act quickly and inspire others to do the same are the ones who ultimately win the day. But achieving increased levels of speed is not always easy.
Culled from the data of one million 360-degree feedback assessments, Speed provides valuable insights into the qualities that make a leader successful and productive. Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman reveal eight essential leadership behaviors shown to improve performance and ultimately drive organizational effectiveness.
The authors will help you assess the pace at which you work and determine how you stack up against others in their firm's database. You'll discover tactics for speeding up critical elements of your day and learn how you can use the eight companion behaviors-including innovation, develop courage, initiate action, and set stretch goals- to help you increase your speed.
The rapid pace at which change occurs in business today is unprecedented. Speed has become a major source of competitive advantage. Leaders who act quickly and inspire others to do the same are the ones who ultimately win the day. But achieving increased levels of speed is not always easy.
Culled from the data of one million 360-degree feedback assessments, Speed provides valuable insights into the qualities that make a leader successful and productive. Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman reveal eight essential leadership behaviors shown to improve performance and ultimately drive organizational effectiveness.
The authors will help you assess the pace at which you work and determine how you stack up against others in their firm's database. You'll discover tactics for speeding up critical elements of your day and learn how you can use the eight companion behaviors-including innovation, develop courage, initiate action, and set stretch goals- to help you increase your speed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
OH
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-259-83738-8 (9781259837388)
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John H. Zenger | Joseph Folkman
Speed: How Leaders Accelerate Successful Execution
E-Book
12/2016
1st Edition
McGraw Hill LLC
€64.99
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Persons
John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams.
Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.
Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.
Content
Acknowledgements
Part I Need for Speed
1. Speed Matters
2. Your Speedometer
3. Speed Laws
4. Speed Traps
5. Organizational Benefits from Leadership Speed
Part II Tactics to Increase Leadership Speed
6. Speeding Up Your Day
7. Accelerate Meetings
8. Modeling Speed
Part III The Cross-Training Approach to Increasing Speed
9. Companion Behaviors for Leadership Speed
10. Innovating
11. Exhibiting Strategic Perspective
12. Displaying Courage
13. Setting Stretch Goals
14. Communicating Powerfully
15. Bringing External Focus
16. Taking Initiative
17. Possessing Knowledge and Expertise
Conclusion: Speed and the Balanced Life
Appendix: Research Methodology
Notes
Index
Part I Need for Speed
1. Speed Matters
2. Your Speedometer
3. Speed Laws
4. Speed Traps
5. Organizational Benefits from Leadership Speed
Part II Tactics to Increase Leadership Speed
6. Speeding Up Your Day
7. Accelerate Meetings
8. Modeling Speed
Part III The Cross-Training Approach to Increasing Speed
9. Companion Behaviors for Leadership Speed
10. Innovating
11. Exhibiting Strategic Perspective
12. Displaying Courage
13. Setting Stretch Goals
14. Communicating Powerfully
15. Bringing External Focus
16. Taking Initiative
17. Possessing Knowledge and Expertise
Conclusion: Speed and the Balanced Life
Appendix: Research Methodology
Notes
Index