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Closing the Execution Gap

Autor Richard Lepsinger
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 iun 2010

Descoperim aici o perspectivă tranșantă asupra managementului modern: viziunea fără execuție nu este altceva decât o halucinație. Richard Lepsinger pornește de la un studiu de caz psihologic fundamental, Efectul Pygmalion, pentru a ilustra ideea centrală a cărții: performanța unei echipe este adesea o oglindă a așteptărilor liderului său. Dacă liderul nu crede în succes sau nu comunică clar standardele de excelență, decalajul dintre strategie și rezultate devine inevitabil. Putem afirma că forța acestui volum rezidă în pragmatismul său, refuzând să se piardă în teorii abstracte și oferind, în schimb, un cadru de acțiune bazat pe „cele cinci poduri” care unesc planificarea de realitatea operațională.

Ca și Jeroen De Flander în Strategy Execution Heroes, autorul distilează experiență reală în principii acționabile, însă Richard Lepsinger pune un accent mult mai puternic pe sistemele de responsabilitate și pe rolul HR-ului în susținerea execuției. Cartea este organizată progresiv, începând cu demontarea „înțelepciunii convenționale” care eșuează în practică, continuând cu tehnici de aliniere a proiectelor la strategie și culminând cu o analiză riguroasă a celor patru niveluri de responsabilitate. Remarcăm cum această lucrare completează temele anterioare ale autorului, făcând trecerea de la instrumente specifice, precum feedback-ul sau modelele de competențe explorate în The Art and Science of 360 Degree Feedback, către o viziune integrată a succesului organizațional. Tonul este autoritar și orientat spre rezultate, transformând fiecare capitol într-un ghid de implementare pentru managerii care trebuie să coordoneze echipe dincolo de granițele departamentale.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470531303
ISBN-10: 0470531304
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

The primary audience are leaders at all levels who manage a business, function, department, work unit, or team and are responsible for translating strategy into action and delivering results; the second third group is HR professionals who control many of the organizational systems required to support effective execution (e.g., hiring and selection, performance management, leadership development, rewards and recognition, and succession planning) and are responsible for ensuring leaders have the skills and knowledge needed to close the execution gap; the third group is managers who do not have direct reports but need to coordinate across organizational boundaries to get work done.

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte liderilor care s-au săturat de strategii strălucitoare care rămân doar pe hârtie. Veți învăța cum să construiți planuri de acțiune care funcționează și cum să instaurați o cultură a responsabilității fără a genera rezistență. Este un instrument esențial pentru managerii și profesioniștii HR care doresc să transforme potențialul echipei în performanță măsurabilă, oferind soluții concrete pentru cele mai comune bariere de execuție.


Despre autor

Richard Lepsinger este partener de management la Manus, o companie specializată în ajutarea organizațiilor să implementeze strategii de afaceri. Cu o vastă experiență în consultanță, acesta s-a specializat în facilitarea schimbării organizaționale, consolidarea echipelor de conducere și alinierea planurilor de resurse umane la obiectivele strategice. Opera sa include titluri de referință precum The Art and Science of 360 Degree Feedback și Virtual Team Success, lucrări care reflectă angajamentul său față de utilizarea datelor și a feedback-ului pentru a îmbunătăți eficiența liderilor în medii de lucru complexe.


Descriere

Praise for Closing the Execution Gap
"I got half way through the introduction and was hooked. The book′s premise strategic thinking used to be a leader′s main focus but surprisingly that′s not enough gave me confidence that my efforts to drive execution are not in vain. Many of the challenges that Lepsinger describes are exactly what we are experiencing and Closing the Execution Gap gave me a way to organize my thinking into actions I will take at my company. I plan to buy copies for my entire team." Mark Miller President and CEO, New Horizons Worldwide
"Closing the Execution Gap is quick hitting and current. Lepsinger′s ′how to′ style is easy to read and apply. The examples jumped out and kept me interested and I got value out of every chapter. Companies that are interested in developing managers will use this book the way I intend to use it as a practical guide to effective execution." Bernard Flynn President and CEO, NJM Insurance Group
"As compared to many leadership books, I found Closing the Execution Gap to be refreshingly practical. I advise the reader to have their yellow highlighter at the ready. I especially liked the forthright analysis and recommendations that came with the author′s look at the critical area of accountability." Harold Scharlatt Design and Delivery Manager, Center for Creative Leadership
"Closing the Execution Gap has excellent information and insights that are well connected to meaningful bodies of research. Lepsinger hones in on tangible, real–world problems that many leaders will recognize and then offers practical solutions.?Line managers and Learning and Development professionals will find this book of interest because it captures the critical concepts that make an organization and its people successful." Craig DinsellEVP and Head of Human Resources, Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.


Cuprins

List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgements.
About the Author.
Introduction.
Chapter One: Vision Without Execution Is Hallucination.
Yes, There Is an Execution Gap?But That′s Only the Tip of the Iceberg!
?Conventional Wisdom?: Maybe Not So Wise!
The Five Bridges: Gap Closers That Make the Difference.
The Bottom Line.
Chapter Two: Bridge Builder 1: Create and Use Action Plans.
First Things First: A Brief Look at Strategic Planning.
Vision and Standards of Excellence.
Aligning Projects and Programs with Strategy.
Action Planning: An Execution Essential.
The Bottom Line.
Chapter Three: Bridge Builder 2: Expect Top Performance.
The Pygmalion Effect: Proof That Expectations Drive Performance.
Breaking the Cycle.
The Bottom Line.
Chapter Four: Bridge Builder 3: Hold People Accountable.
What Is Accountability Anyway?
Why We Should Hold People Accountable?and Why We Don′t.
Assessing Accountability: The Four Levels.
Why We Make Excuses.
Accountability Boosters: Managing Accountability in Others.
The Bottom Line.
Chapter Five: Bridge Builder 4: Involve the Right People in Making the Right Decisions.
Beyond the Buzzword: What ?Empowerment? Really Means.
Brain Basics: How Cognitive Systems Impact Judgment and Decision Making.
So How Can We Make Better Decisions?
The Bottom Line.
Chapter Six: Bridge Builder 5: Facilitate Change Readiness.
What Top–Performing Companies Do.
Kicking Old Habits: What Addicts Can Teach Us About Change.
The Five Levels of Change Readiness.
Moving on Up: Facilitating Change with Level–Appropriate Strategies.
Holding Up the Mirror: Understanding the Impact of Leader Behavior.
The Importance of Change Talk.
The Bottom Line.
Chapter Seven: Bridge Builder 6: Increase Cooperation and Collaboration.
Cooperating Versus Competing: The Human Struggle.
Encouraging and Sustaining Cooperation.
Disagreement Happens: How to Gain Support and Resolve Conflict.
The Bottom Line.
Conclusion: Five Lessons for Leaders.
Lesson 1: Integrate the Leader and Manager Role.
Lesson 2: Clarify Assumptions and Priorities.
Lesson 3: Make Sure the Right Systems Are in Place.
Lesson 4: Coordinate and Monitor High–Impact Actions.
Lesson 5: Get Change Management Right.
The Bottom Line.
Appendix: Criteria for Selecting Top–Performing Companies.
Notes.
Index.


Notă biografică

Richard Lepsinger is president of OnPoint Consulting and has a twenty–five year track record of success as an organizational consultant and executive. He is the coauthor of three books on leadership including Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices, The Art and Science of 360? Feedback, and The Art and Science of Competency Models, all published by Jossey–Bass/Pfeiffer.


Recenzii

speaks to people at any level of the hierarchy, offering simple, practical tips for translating strategy into real performance.     (Business Digest, September 2010).

Descriere scurtă

Why can some companies get things done day–to–day and deliver consistent results? Based on an extensive research from more than 400 companies, this book outlines five baseline factors critical for effective execution and five factors that differentiate companies that are most effective at executing plans and initiatives. It also explores the seven specific things leaders at all levels can do to close the execution gap in their company or team and help people get things done day–to–day. This is an essential guide for consistently executing effective plans and initiatives.