Book description
You're growing fast. You're profitable. Maybe they're even writing great things about you in the business press. But, just beneath the surface, are you incubating the seeds of disaster? It's happened over and over again, in one industry after another, to companies ranging from IBM to Upjohn. In this book, Lars Kolind helps you uncover the earliest signs of trouble--and reignite a powerful new growth cycle. Drawing upon his own experience as the CEO who turned around Oticon, the world's top manufacturer of hearing aids, Kolind introduces a comprehensive toolbox for revitalizing mature organizations: tools for creating consensus around change, using staff more effectively, promoting innovation, and much more. Finally, he applies his tools to a wide range of organizations in decline, including the U.S. auto industry. The result: specific, practical advice you can adapt to galvanize your organization, no matter how well you're doing today.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The First Cycle: Why Success Breeds Failure
- Chapter 2. The Second Cycle: A New Paradigm
- Chapter 3. Meaning
- Chapter 4. Partnership
- Chapter 5. From Hierarchy to Collaboration
- Chapter 6. Leadership
- Chapter 7. The Toolbox
- Chapter 8. Three Live Case Studies
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- Appendix. How Oticon Entered the Second Cycle
- Index
- Footnotes
Product information
- Title: The second cycle: Winning the War Against Bureaucracy
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2006
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780131736290
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