Reinvent your company to deliver sustained profitable growth.
As performance lags in the midst of economic cycles, many
companies turn to magic bullets such as EVA, Kaizen, or Six Sigma.
Unfortunately, these initiatives-along with how they're
implemented-often deliver only short-term positive impact or cause
more pain than the preexisting condition.
Returning to competitive health and profitability in the face of
economic downturns requires a dynamic realignment of business
strategies, organizational design, and talent management. Based on
timely research conducted by Axiom Consulting Partners, Shockproof
empowers and enables business leaders, owners and managers to make
and maintain the necessary connection between strategies and
organization to achieve sustainable performance.
* Create an agile business that can rapidly reinvent itself as
business conditions change
* Foster leadership that knows how to mobilize people to execute
and deliver results
* Build a workforce that is adaptive, inherently innovative, and
energized by the rewards of success
As priorities change and challenges arise throughout the ebbs
and flows of the economic cycle, let Shockproof guide you to
reinvent your company and deliver sustained profitable growth in
good times and bad.
Autorentext
Axiom Consulting Partners' DEBRA JACOBS, GARRETT SHERIDAN, and JUAN PABLO GONZÁLEZ have dedicated their careers to helping leaders and their organizations achieve their strategic objectives. As executives, advisors, speakers, and authors, they have helped clients across the globe align business strategy, organization design, and talent to improve execution and business results. Each has a deep appreciation of the complexity within today's business environment and what it takes for leaders to guide their organizations toward lasting success.
To learn more, visit www.AxiomConsultingPartners.com
Zusammenfassung
Reinvent your company to deliver sustained profitable growth.
As performance lags in the midst of economic cycles, many companies turn to magic bullets such as EVA, Kaizen, or Six Sigma. Unfortunately, these initiatives-along with how they're implemented-often deliver only short-term positive impact or cause more pain than the preexisting condition.
Returning to competitive health and profitability in the face of economic downturns requires a dynamic realignment of business strategies, organizational design, and talent management. Based on timely research conducted by Axiom Consulting Partners, Shockproof empowers and enables business leaders, owners and managers to make and maintain the necessary connection between strategies and organization to achieve sustainable performance.
- Create an agile business that can rapidly reinvent itself as business conditions change
- Foster leadership that knows how to mobilize people to execute and deliver results
- Build a workforce that is adaptive, inherently innovative, and energized by the rewards of success
As priorities change and challenges arise throughout the ebbs and flows of the economic cycle, let Shockproof guide you to reinvent your company and deliver sustained profitable growth in good times and bad.
Inhalt
Foreword Paul Jacobs vii
Prologue A Shockproof Future ix
Chapter 1 Beware the Big Blue Catsh 1
Chapter 2 Headlines or Tombstones? 23
Chapter 3 Make Sure the Strategy Is Not Wrong 49
Chapter 4 Beyond Boxes and Lines 77
Chapter 5 Carbon Paper? Really?! 107
Chapter 6 Connections and Calibrations 153
Chapter 7 Be the Leader You Seek 199
Chapter 8 Pass the Salt 241
Notes 257
Acknowledgments 264
Index 267