04974nam 2200733Ia 450 991095896900332120200520144314.097866120914079781282091405128209140997808144137600814413765(CKB)1000000000748025(EBL)434977(OCoLC)404243462(SSID)ssj0000225393(PQKBManifestationID)11190774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225393(PQKBWorkID)10230159(PQKB)10246735(MiAaPQ)EBC434977(Au-PeEL)EBL434977(CaPaEBR)ebr10294826(CaONFJC)MIL209140(FR-PaCSA)88811084(FRCYB88811084)88811084(EXLCZ)99100000000074802520090209d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe power of strategic commitment achieving extraordinary results through total alignment and engagement /Josh Leibner, Gershon Mader, Alan Weiss1st ed.New York American Management Associationc20091 online resource (286 p.)Includes index.9780814413746 0814413749 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Why Commitment Trumps Compliance: Why Commitment Is More Important Than Ever; Even the Most Successful Organizations Don't Operate at Their Full Potential; It's a Question of Now or Never; Most Leaders Confuse Compliance and Commitment; Generating Commitment Requires Great Courage; Chapter 2: What Is Strategic Commitment?: If It's So Important, Why Don't I Know About It?; There's Commitment and There's Commitment; What Drives True Commitment?; The Heart of Strategic Commitment: Content and Context; The Drivers of ContextThe Characteristics of a Strategic Commitment Environment: Why Should You Care That They Don't Care?You Might as Well Find Out Where You Stand Before Reading On; Chapter 3: Working Back from the Future: How to Generate Strategic Commitment; We're Not Here to Stick Our Toe in the Water, We're Here to Make Waves; Barriers to Assessing the Current Reality; What Are the Warning Signs?; Diogenes Searching for the Honest Man; The Picture Emerges from the Mosaic; Are You Your History or Your Future? You Really Have a Choice; Crafting a Bold and Compelling FutureChapter 4: Pushing Through the Thermal Layer: How to Engage Middle Managers in Strategic CommitmentYou Can't Lead Without Light; Avoid Strategic Limbo; Offer to Listen, Then Demonstrate That You Have Listened; Involvement Is Magic; Why Slow Is Fast; Chapter 5: Leading from the Front: "Follow me!" (Not, "I'll Be There in a Minute . . ."); The Résumé of the Senior Leadership Team: Ten Essential Leadership Competencies and Qualities; How Leadership Behavior Has Changed to Less Leadership; Why the Trusted Few Can't Be Trusted; Cold Cruel World: Commitment from Key OutsidersChapter 6: Taking a Stand-The Key to Strategic Commitment: Why the Aztecs Put a Stake in the GroundPutting a Stake in the Ground Means No Retreat; People Are Not "Goaled," They're Committed; When the Going Gets Tough, You're Finally Making Progress; Success and Failure Ebb and Flow, but Courage Cannot; Dedication for Him Isn't Necessarily So for Her: Tailoring Commitment; Chapter 7: Building and Restoring Trust: Essential Competencies for Generating Strategic Commitment; What Is Trust, Anyway?; The Real Question: How Is Trust Built?; The "Building Trust Dialogue"Five Steps to Recovering and Building TrustMoving Forward; Chapter 8: Return on Strategic Commitment: On Competitive Edge and Profit Margins; Financial Performance; Customer Service, Satisfaction, and Loyalty; Quality; Safety; Innovation; Cross- Functional Collaboration; Integration of Cultures (Mergers and Acquisitions); Employee Morale, Loyalty, and Satisfaction; The Drivers Working Every Day; When Strategic Planning Meets Strategic Commitment; A Strategic Plan Fit for Strategic Commitment; Doing It RightChapter 9: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way-HR at the Crossroads: The Role of HR in Generating Strategic CommitmentStrategy is worthless without commitment.Organizational effectivenessStrategic planningManagementOrganizational effectiveness.Strategic planning.Management.658.4/012Leibner Josh1799008Mader Gershon1799009Weiss Alan1946-115546MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958969003321The power of strategic commitment4342089UNINA