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Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while
others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer says Noel Tichy, is that winning
companies possess a "Leadership Engine" -- a proven system for creating
dynamic leaders at every level. Technologies, products
and economies constantly change. To get ahead, and stay ahead, companies need
agile, flexible, innovative leaders who can anticipate change and turn on a dime
to respond to new realities. Fortunately, says Tichy, just as everyone has untapped
athletic potential, everyone has untapped leadership potential that can be developed.
Winning leaders and winning organizations have figured out how to do it. In
this book, Tichy offers colourful and insightful best practice examples from dozens
of leaders gathered from decades of research and practical experience.
- How does Jack Welch, for example, run the world's most valuable
company- and spend 30 percent of his time on leadership development?
- How
do the United States Navy SEALS and Army Rangers create leaders who can assume
command of any team, anytime, anywhere?
- How did
Ameritech break its hundred-year-old mentality of entitlement and create a culture
where leaders develop other leaders?
Winning
companies are successful because they can adapt and capitalize on their unique
circumstances -- so no two are alike. Yet, their Leadership Engines make them
champions by developing -- at all levels -- leaders who have clear, teachable
points of view that they use to foster the abilities of others in four critical
areas: - Developing good business ideas
- Instilling
values that support the successful implementation of those ideas
- Generating
positive energy in themselves and others
- Making
tough decisions
In this single volume,
Noel Tichy not only offers a major contribution to the understanding of how successful
leadership works, but provides concrete, proven methods for leaders in any company
or organization. As an added bonus the "Handbook for Leaders Developing Leaders,"
located at the end of the book, provides hands-on development activities that
you can use to improve your own leadership abilities and develop other leaders
in your organization. Noel M. Tichy is a professor
at the Universtiy of Michigan Business School and a worldwide consultant specializing
in leadership and organizational transformation. Tichy worked in the trenches
for Jack Welch during GE's revolution, running and revamping GE's management development
institute at Crotonville, New York. His previous books include Control Your
Destiny or Someone Else Will (coauthored with Stratford Sherman). Eli
Cohen has been a consultant with Bain & Company.
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