The Performance Pipeline
Getting the Right Performance At Every Level of Leadership
Published on 2. August 2011
250 pages
978-1-118-08659-9 (ISBN)
Description
The guide that defines the results required at eachorganizational level to sustain business success
It's not enough to build a company full of people withleadership skills. The Performance Pipeline digs deep intothe real work of executing business results at each leadershiplayer.
* Filled with lessons and examples from the author's 40 years ofexperience
* Shows how to set performance standards, make sure the rightwork is being done, and remove performance barriers
* Illustrates how leaders can make the transition to the nextlevel and achieve full performance
This book gives leaders in any industry an advantage over thecompetition.
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10/2011
Jossey-Bass
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Stephen Drotter is CEO of Drotter Human Resources, a global company that specializesin CEO succession; executive assessment, selection, and development; and enterprise-level organization design. He was one of the original designers of GE's succession planning process and ran human resources at INA Corporation and Chase Manhattan. He has a degree in economics from Amherst College. He is coauthor of The Leadership Pipeline and The Succession Planning Handbook for the Chief Executive.
Content
Preface ix
Part One The Performance Pipeline Concept
Introduction Dealing with Pervasive Uncertainty 3
1 Defining Your Performance Pipeline 21
Part Two Expected Results at Every Level ofLeadership
2 Enterprise Chief Executive Officer: Perpetuating theEnterprise 47
3 Group Managers: Portfolio of Businesses 71
4 Business Managers: Short-Term and Long-Term Profit93
5 Function Managers: Competitive Advantage 113
6 Managers of Managers: Productivity 129
7 Managers of Others: The Enablers 147
8 Self-Managers: Delivering the Products and Services175
Part Three Successful Implementation of the PerformancePipeline
9 Creating a Context for Performance 201
10 Enabling Layer Transitions 225
11 Implementing Your Performance Pipeline 245
Tool 1: Actual Performance Pipeline from Company E 261
Tool 2: Interview Questions 279
Acknowledgments 285
The Author 287
Index 289
