The Synergist

How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success

Les McKeown (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2011
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-12055-6 (ISBN)

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Using multiple anecdotes and mini-case studies, the book begins by showing how groups of people with common goals almost always fail to produce great results, either because the group gridlocks at some point or because the group members compromise their expectations for great results in order to simply 'get something done.'

Les McKeown provides anyone who works with others - whether they're a leader or not - with a stunningly intuitive yet powerful model that will enable them to become a "leader of leaders"; lead any group away from gridlock and compromise to achieving exceptional results; produce cohesion and alignment in even the most dysfunctional team; and accelerate and consolidate the success of any group. Using multiple anecdotes and mini-case studies, the book begins by showing how groups of people with common goals almost always fail to produce great results, either because the group gridlocks at some point or because the group members compromise their expectations for great results in order to simply "get something done." McKeown offers a detailed step-by-step guide to help managers develop their own Synergist skills, which will lead to improved results and repeatable success.

Les McKeown is the president and CEO of Predictable Success, a consulting firm with clients that include T-Mobile, Microsoft, the US Army, Harvard University, Bose, British Aerospace and many more. McKeown's previous book, Predictable Success, hit the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists in 2010. McKeown is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and has appeared on CNN, ABC, BBC, Inc, Entrepreneur magazine, USA Today and The New York Times. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Introduction: Herding Cats: Why Groups So Often Fail to Achieve Their Goals, and How to Prevent it Happening to You Overview: The Failure Gene That's Baked into the DNA of Every Group and How to Escape it PART I: THE UNSTABLE TRIANGLE: THE 3 NATURALLY OCURRING GROUP INTERACTION STYLES The Visionary: Hold on Tight, We're Going to Mars The Operator: Yay...Let's Build a Rocket Ship The Processor: Not So Fast. Where's Your Requisition Slip? Gridlock: The Hidden Death-grip that Silently Paralyses Every Group PART II: THE SYNERGIST: TRANSFORMING THE GROUP BY TRANSCENDING PERSONAL AGENDAS Limping to the End Line: How and Why Visionaries, Operators and Processors Hobble the Success of Their Group From Triangle to Pyramid: Bringing a New Dimension to the Group Dynamic - The Synergist Dancing With the Stars: How the Synergist Releases Cohesion and Flow in the Group Starting Fast, Finishing Strong: The Lifecycle of a Highly Successful Group PART III: BECOMING A LEADER OF LEADERS: DEVELOPING THE SYNERGIST MINDSET This is Not That: Teaching the Visionary, Operator and Processor to Understand Each Other We, Not Me: Building the Groups' Agenda and Ensuring it's Precedence And, Not Or: Moving the Visionary, Operator and Processor from Competition to Co-operation

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 244 mm
Gewicht	444 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	0-230-12055-5 / 0230120555
ISBN-13	978-0-230-12055-6 / 9780230120556
Zustand	Neuware