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Seize the competitive advantage by building speed into your leadership DNA
The rapid pace at which change occurs in business today is unprecedented. Speed has become a major source of competitive advantage. Leaders who act quickly and inspire others to do the same are the ones who ultimately win the day. But achieving increased levels of speed is not always easy.
Culled from the data of one million 360-degree feedback assessments,
Speed provides valuable insights into the qualities that make a leader successful and productive. Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman reveal eight essential leadership behaviors shown to improve performance and ultimately drive organizational effectiveness.
The authors will help you assess the pace at which you work and determine how you stack up against others in their firm's database. You'll discover tactics for speeding up critical elements of your day and learn how you can use the eight companion behaviors-including innovation, develop courage, initiate action, and set stretch goals- to help you increase your speed.
List of contents
AcknowledgementsPart I Need for Speed
1. Speed Matters
2. Your Speedometer
3. Speed Laws
4. Speed Traps
5. Organizational Benefits from Leadership SpeedPart II Tactics to Increase Leadership Speed
6. Speeding Up Your Day7. Accelerate Meetings 8. Modeling Speed Part III The Cross-Training Approach to Increasing Speed
9. Companion Behaviors for Leadership Speed 10. Innovating11. Exhibiting Strategic Perspective12. Displaying Courage13. Setting Stretch Goals14. Communicating Powerfully15. Bringing External Focus16. Taking Initiative 17. Possessing Knowledge and ExpertiseConclusion: Speed and the Balanced Life Appendix: Research MethodologyNotesIndex
About the author
John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams.
Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.
