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Book SynopsisTransform your organization into a dynamic catalyst for success Accelerating Performance is not just another warm and fuzzy change management book it's a practical, comprehensive, data-driven action plan for picking up the pace and achieving more.
Table of ContentsForeword xi
Acknowledgments xv
About the Authors xvii
Introduction 1
SECTION I MOVE FAST OR DIE FASTER 5
CHAPTER 1 The Soft Stuff Really Is the Hard Stuff 7
CHAPTER 2 How to Increase Your METAbolic Rate 17
CHAPTER 3 A Learning Laboratory 31
CHAPTER 4 Our Journey to META 41
CHAPTER 5 What’s Your Current Pace?: A Diagnostic 55
SECTION II THE ACCELERATION IMPERATIVE 63
CHAPTER 6 Accelerating Strategy: Less Plan, More Planning 65
CHAPTER 7 Accelerating Organizations: Turning Drag into Drive 85
CHAPTER 8 Accelerating Teams: Capability Equals Ability Minus Ego 123
CHAPTER 9 Accelerating Leaders: The Leader Sets the Pace 149
SECTION III HOW TO START 165
CHAPTER 10 Finding the Right Recipe 167
CHAPTER 11 The ABC of Behavior Change 181
CHAPTER 12 Change the People or Change the People 199
CHAPTER 13 The Board as Catalyst 211
SECTION IV THE FOUR KEY SKILLS 223
CHAPTER 14 Ripple Intelligence: Join the Dots 225
CHAPTER 15 Resource Fluidity: Match Resources to Opportunities 237
CHAPTER 16 Dissolving Paradox: Reframe the Issue 249
CHAPTER 17 Liquid Leadership: Connect Beyond Hierarchy 263
CHAPTER 18 Conclusion: It’s More than a Program 273
Research Appendix 291
Index 317
