LEVERAGE: The CEO's Guide to Corporate Culture: A book specially written for the CEO and business leader to better understand what corporate culture is, why it matters, the impact on performance, where culture comes from, how to better understand the strenghts and weaknesses of your own culture, and importantly, how to develop and sustain high performance culture. With over 35 years of experience advising CEOs and senior executive teams of global organizations, international business consultant and author John R. Childress brings to life the important elements of corporate culture including the role of leadership, approaches to culture change, culture myths, culture surveys and assessments and the role of culture in business performance and mergers &amp; acquisitions. The writing style is direct and to the point since CEOs and business leaders have little time to wade through consultant 'gobblygook' or academic text. LEVERAGE is also filled with examples and case studies that bring the topic of corporate culture to life!

Leverage: The CEO's Guide to Corporate Culture

Business & Money

Childress, John R.

Management & Leadership

Principia Associates

Is Strategy Killing Your Business? There is no strategy without execution, and there is no execution without leadership. Strategies are meant to carry companies onwards and upwards to lofty performance and competitive advantage. Sadly, in the majority of firms, big and small, strategies are rarely delivered and often die a silent death on a dusty shelf in the corner office, along with failed strategies from years gone by. In a recent McKinsey &amp; Co study of 197 companies, despite 97% of directors believing they had the right 'strategic vision', only 33% reported achieving significant strategic success. Other studies confirm this wide gap between strategy and execution. The important thing is not having a strategy, it's getting it implemented. ~Jack Welch Strategy is not a document, a binder, PowerPoint charts, graphs, customer or competitive analyses. Strategy is a contact sport and does not exist without robust execution actions (not plans, actions). Too often good strategies fail to get implemented because of the overriding focus of most companies on solving day-to-day business problems. There is no time nor energy nor resources left to execute on strategic initiatives. What is needed is shift by the senior leadership team to focus on strategy execution. Current studies show that less than 5% of senior executive time is spend on strategy execution. But focus in not sufficient. Also required are a robust strategy execution process and a business methodology, complete with accountabilities, clear metrics, cascading objectives, employee engagement, governance, transparency and teamwork. A recent BSColl study showed that those organizations with a defined strategy execution process significantly outperform those without. FASTBREAK: The CEO's Guide to Strategy Execution is a new book by John R Childress, a pioneer in leadership, culture change and strategy execution and is a no-nonsense, straight talking how to book for those interested in effective strategy execution. In just 200 pages Childress presents the rationale for effective strategy execution, the reasons why most organizations fail, and a step-by-step approach, complete with templates, to building your own strategy execution roadmap and process. The book also filled with case studies from the likes of Ford, Continental Airlines, Lycoming Engines, and others..

Fastbreak: The CEO's Guide to Strategy Execution

CULTURE RULES, AND CULTURE HAS RULES.
While everyone is talking about corporate culture and its importance for business success, the core principles and drivers that build, shape and sustain corporate culture are poorly understood. In this timely book, John R Childress shows that most of what we understand about corporate culture is wrong. Corporate culture is a business system, and like any critical business system, is composed of multiple drivers, all of which interact to influence “how things work around here” and ultimately, business results.
If you don’t understand your culture, you don’t understand your business!
With over 35 years of experience advising and supporting CEOs, Boards and senior executives on how culture impacts business results, John brings to life the 10 Core Principles of Corporate Culture and how they can be used to improve business performance, the customer experience and employee engagement. This book also explores the impact of corporate culture on important business challenges, such as Innovation, Mergers &amp; Acquisitions, Employee Engagement, Customer Satisfaction, Value Creation, Business Growth, Leadership Development, Strategy Execution, Turnarounds, Start-Ups, Digital Transformation and Going Global.

Culture Rules!: The 10 Core Principles of Corporate Culture and how to use them to create greater business success

Business Culture

What is leadership? There are probably as many definitions of leadership as there are different types of trout flies. And each definition tends to be fit for the specific situation and context a leader is facing. The same is true for which fly to use. It depends on the condition of the water, the weather, the time of year, the temperature, and various other factors. No one leadership approach fits every situation, just as there is no one fly for all conditions. Yet we know good leadership when we see it. Just as we know a good fly angler we meet on the river. It's not their age or equipment, or the flies stuck on their wader patch. It's the way they behave towards the river, the fish, the environment, their dog, and their fellow anglers. I always get a sense of calm and confidence when I am around a good fly angler, and it's the same feeling I get in the presence of a good leader. Can we learn fundamental leadership principles through fly fishing? I believe, yes! Today, perhaps more than any other time in history, leadership is required to help guide a world in crisis and chart a course for a sustainable future. Yet real leadership seems to be in short supply. There are many people with leadership roles and titles; President, Prime Minister, CEO, Congressman, City Councilor, Physician, Head Nurse, School Teacher, Parent. Yet the majority of people in the world sense a leadership vacuum. Why? What are we looking for in our leaders? I believe some of the answers lie in the principles described in this book. We can find leadership displayed on the battlefield, the baseball field, the classroom, the operating room, and the Boardroom. And if asked, I believe they would all say that fishing, and fly fishing, in particular, helped build and solidify their character, courage, and leadership skills. As far as I am concerned, fly fishing provides almost instantaneous feedback; and plenty of it. Every cast gives feedback, every snag of a drifting nymph, every fly hung up in a tree, every day without a tug. These situations, and many more, give us essential feedback. While the average person may ignore these and mentally classify them as bad luck, the curious and determined learner will see them as opportunities to understand, rethink, re-rig, change flies, practice, and improve. And fly fishing takes skill. You can't just "chuck and duck" in fly fishing unless all you want is arm exercise. Fly fishing requires a thoughtful approach since there are a hundred different things to get right to have some hope of catching a fish. And it's only through experience, feedback, and rethinking your approach that you learn to become a competent fly angler. And the same is true of leadership development. Leaders aren't born, nor are skilled fly anglers. They both develop through numerous and diverse experiences, seasoned with real-time feedback.

Fly Fishing for Leadership

Bacasa, Christian

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Leverage: The CEO's Guide to Corporate Culture

Fastbreak: The CEO's Guide to Strategy Execution

Culture Rules!: The 10 Core Principles of Corporate Culture and how to use them to create greater business success

Fly Fishing for Leadership