Unite the Tribes Leadership Skills for Technology Managers
Every day, customers see the results of companies where fiefdoms have formed and silos create divisional or departmental strife: poor sales and profits, and lackluster products. It’s not hard to see that such companies are headed for an early grave. Regardless of the manner in which company fractu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA :
Apress
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. 2013. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009466620506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The Myth of Absolute Power""; ""Business Is War""; ""Within and Without""; ""True Power""; ""The Good of the Company""; ""Understanding Expectations""; ""The Art of Stopping Conflict""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2: Building the Future""; ""We Need Leaders""; ""The Lowest Common Denominator""; ""The Change Business""; ""Life Fights Back""; ""Why Good People Fail""; ""A Cause We Can Believe In""; ""Put On a Show""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3: Create an Invincible Empire""; ""Learning from the Best""; ""Management Styles""
- ""Good versus Evil""""Tribal Tendencies""; ""Slaves, Drones, and Freedom""; ""Lessons from the Past""; ""Fast Forward""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4: Vision""; ""Picture the End Result in Fine Detail""; ""Plan like You�re Going to Live Forever""; ""Anticipate How People Will React""; ""Know the Character of Your Leaders and Allies""; ""Be Completely Prepared before Unveiling Your Ideas""; ""Give People a Reason to Care About Your Vision""; ""Present Practical Benefits for Long-Term Goals""; ""Integrate Short-Term Solutions into the Larger Effort""; ""Show How to Get There from Here""
- ""Win the War, Not the Battle""""Summary""; ""Chapter 5: Leadership""; ""Show How Personal Efforts Map to Tangible Rewards""; ""Build a Sense of Ownership in the Cause""; ""Reward Every Person Who Contributes to Success""; ""Swiftly Remove Those Who Work against the Common Good""; ""Shield Your People So That They Can Be Brilliant""; ""Know the Work That You Lead""; ""Be One of Your People""; ""Lead the Charge Personally""; ""Give the Credit to Those Who Did the Work""; ""Take the Blame Yourself""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6: Organization""
- ""Make It Easy for Good Ideas to Reach Decision Makers""""Resist Complexity That Brings No Tangible Benefit""; ""Eliminate Unnecessary Layers""; ""Use and Publicize a Common Language""; ""Build Clear and Simple Lines of Communication""; ""Make Each Unit Aware of ��What All Others Are Doing""; ""Maintain an Explicit Chain of Responsibility""; ""Give Leaders at Every Level Power and Autonomy""; ""Design Rules That Can Be Broken""; ""Never Create a Foolproof System""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 7: Mobility""; ""Foster a Culture of Mobility""; ""Be Quick on Your Feet or Be a Target""
- ""See Trouble Coming and Be Gone Before It Arrives""""Be In and Out before the Enemy Knows What Hit Them""; ""Maintain Flexible Structures""; ""Build a Collection of Small, Fast Units""; ""Have an Approach for All Seasons""; ""Keep an Eye on Your Supplies""; ""Continually Look for New Pursuits""; ""Never Leave One of Your People Behind""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 8: Competitiveness""; ""Focus on a Common Enemy""; ""Harness Internal Power Struggles""; ""Be Bold with the Enemy but Humble with Each Other""; ""Sharpen Skill s through Frequent Games""
- ""Glorify All Who Compete, Not Just the Champions""
