The business of excellence : building high-performance teams and organizations / / Justin Hughes

• Autore: Hughes Justin
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury Business, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4022
• Soggetto topico: Teams in the workplace - Management; Employees - Coaching of; Leadership
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The crux of the issue; Fly the plane; World-.class basics; Learning from experience; The crux of the issue; The problem; The solution; Chapter 2 Excellence -. it starts with you; Looking in the mirror; Setting the standard; The humility of high performers; Leave no stone unturned; Benchmarking (are you up for it?); But we're creative; Summary of key points; The foundations; Chapter 3 Team players for team games (People); Drivers of behaviour ; You get the behaviour (performance) you train forYou get the behaviour (performance) you reward; Selection for the Red Arrows; The challenge for The Red Arrows; The selection process; The challenge for senior leadership teams; Team banking -. a case study; Developing the high-.performance team -. processes; Summary of key points; Chapter 4 Building the teams and organization you need (Capability); Britain's worst customer service company? (a hotly contended title!); Britain's best team?; Learning to be a fighter pilot; Putting the training to the test; Building the teams you need ; Building capability in the teamClarity; Alignment; Commitment; The Channel Tunnel -. a case study; Common approach; Communication; Empowerment; Summary of key points; Getting stuff done; Chapter 5 From desire to outcome (Delivery); 5A Plans and planning; Planning for success; Plans and planning; The right solution to the wrong problem; The mission planning process; Aim; Start at the end; Analysis; Threats; External threats; Environmental threats; Internal threats (weaknesses); Strengths; Tactics (where is the best opportunity for success?); Contingencies ; Upside down at 400mph: What's the plan?Stress testing the assumptions; The Red Team; Differential insight; Leading a planning team; Summary of key points; 5B Communicating the plan; Which guns did you mean?; The concept of briefing; The mechanics of briefing; Fighter pilot mission brief; Briefing -. case study; Summary of key points; 5C Execution; Friction and information overload; Priorities: What's the ball you can't afford to drop?; Recognizing overload; Execution and the art of decision-.making; Case study -. Marks and Spencer; History; Lessons; Conclusion; Summary of key points ; Chapter 6 Accelerating performance (Learning)An organization with a memory; The Donaldson report; The Francis report; Other sectors; A culture of learning; The debrief; What is a debrief?; A little bit of history; What a debrief isn't; Debrief behaviours; A quick health warning; Actor/.observer bias; Behaviour in practice; Running the debrief; Lead by example; Establish the parameters; Analyse the execution; Review the learning; Notify the learning; Implementation -. when and what; Knowledge management; Conclusion; Summary of key points; Other issues ; Chapter 7 Bringing others on the journey (Leadership)
• Titolo autorizzato: The business of excellence
• ISBN: 1-4729-3024-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807309803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II