The success of any transformation effort depends on whether and how leaders engage their culture. Culture, however, is different from other business topics: it is implicit rather than explicit, emotional rather than rational — that’s what makes it so hard to work with, but that’s also what makes it so powerful. Bestselling author Jon Katzenbach and coauthors James Thomas and Gretchen Anderson, have written a practical guide to working with culture and tapping into a source of catalytic change within your organization.
Very few organizations manage their costs for sustainable success. They spend their money on the wrong things or they cut the wrong things for the wrong reasons, ultimately leaving them weaker and unfit to compete. Instead, organizations need to think about their costs strategically, as investments that will fuel their growth, so they put their money where their strategy is. Fit for Growth is a guide for senior executives and middle managers on how to align their company's costs and organization with their strategy so they can grow, create value, and sustainably outperform competitors.
Winning companies don’t follow conventional wisdom. They apply five acts of unconventional leadership that allow them to close the strategy-to-execution gap. In Strategy That Works,...
The conventional wisdom about strategy may be leading your company astray. In The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain...
Every enterprise has an informal as well as a formal organization. The formal is the side with which business people are usually most familiar. The informal is generally less familiar. It consists...
In the world’s fastest-growing economy, the experience of the last ten years will not be the best guide to the next ten years. Business leaders around the world who want to be...
Each year, billions of dollars are spent on marketing endeavors. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the money disappears into thin air, and marketing executives are left wondering if any of it...
Each year, billions of dollars are spent on marketing endeavors. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the money disappears into thin air, and marketing executives are left wondering if any of it...
A team strives for something greater than what its individuals can achieve individually. In the Discipline of Teams, Jon Katzenbach discusses how teamwork can be instilled to...
Business leaders consistently overlook opportunities to exploit their potential, confusing teams with teamwork or sharing. Jon Katzenbach argues that we cannot meet the challenges ahead,...