Book description
A Roadmap for Leadership and Cultural TransformationThroughout today's rapidly changing business world, top CEOs face two primary challenges: solving the leadership gap and creating a sustainable corporate culture. International leadership coach John Mattone and CEO magazine editor-in-chief Nick Vaidya unlock the keys to leadership development and cultural transformation through intimate interviews with fourteen CEOs from top organizations, including: Deloitte, Graybar, The North Face, HP Financial, Ovations Brands, Virtusa, and Bigcommerce.
Culture was long thought to be merely a 'soft' resource in the corporate equation. However, more and more business leaders are beginning to recognize the necessity of culture when it comes to creating and sustaining long-term growth and change. What is the key to creating a strong business culture? Leadership. The best cultures start with CEOs who set the tone for the rest of the company, guiding others through the often difficult process of corporate transformation.
You'll gain valuable insights, through experiences from the finest business minds, on how to introduce and sustain cultural change in your organization.
- Learn how successful CEOs came to realize their leadership potential
- Discover the key attributes that increase a leader's effectiveness
- Uncover your own leadership strengths and development needs
- Handle the primary obstacles to cultural transformation
- Address outdated mindsets and resistance to organizational change
Mattone and Vaidya also draw upon their own extensive coaching and consulting experiences to provide a powerful and proven 6-Step Process for designing and implementing effective cultural transformations. This process enhances the other valuable tools in this comprehensive guide, so you can start building a positive organizational culture right away.
Table of contents
- Praise for Cultural Transformations
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction: The Transformation Imperative
- Chapter 1: Understanding Your Culture and Understanding the Culture You Must Create
- Chapter 2: The Six Critical Steps to Transforming Your Culture
- Chapter 3: Kathy Mazzarella: Chairman, President, and CEO, Graybar
- Chapter 4: Kris Canekeratne: Chairman and CEO of Virtusa
- Chapter 5: Eddie Machaalani: Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board, Bigcommerce, Inc
- Chapter 6: Harib Al Kitani: CEO, Oman LNG
- Chapter 7: Hap Klopp: Founder, The North Face
- Chapter 8: Russ Klein: CEO of the American Marketing Association
- Chapter 9: Rohit Mehrotra: Founder & CEO, CPSG Partners
- Chapter 10: Irv Rothman: CEO of HP Financial Services
- Chapter 11: Juan Carlos Archila Cabal: CEO of Claro (Colombia)
- Chapter 12: Nabil Al Alawi: CEO, AlMansoori Specialized Engineering, UAE
- Chapter 13: Cathy Benko: Vice Chairman and Managing Principal, Deloitte Consulting, LLP
- Chapter 14: Deva Bharathi: CEO of Fluid Systems Corporation (Oman)
- Chapter 15: NV “Tiger” Tyagarajan: President and CEO, Genpact
- Chapter 16: Anthony Wedo: Former CEO of Ovation Brands
- Chapter 17: Final Thoughts and Call to Action
- Appendix A: John Mattone's 20 Laws of Intelligent Leadership
- Appendix B: John Mattone's Cultural Transformation Readiness Assessment-40
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Cultural Transformations
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2016
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119055921
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