Cultural Transformations: Lessons of Leadership and Corporate Reinvention - Hardcover

Mattone, John; Vaidya, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 111905592X ISBN 13: 9781119055921

Verlag: Jossey-Bass, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

A Roadmap for Leadership and Cultural Transformation
 
Throughout today's rapidly changing business world, top CEOs face two primary challenges: solving the leadership gap and creating a sustainable corporate culture. International leadership coach John Mattone and CEO magazine editor-in-chief Nick Vaidya unlock the keys to leadership development and cultural transformation through intimate interviews with fourteen CEOs from top organizations, including: Deloitte, Graybar, The North Face, HP Financial, Ovations Brands, Virtusa, and Bigcommerce.
 
Culture was long thought to be merely a 'soft' resource in the corporate equation. However, more and more business leaders are beginning to recognize the necessity of culture when it comes to creating and sustaining long-term growth and change. What is the key to creating a strong business culture? Leadership. The best cultures start with CEOs who set the tone for the rest of the company, guiding others through the often difficult process of corporate transformation.
 
You'll gain valuable insights, through experiences from the finest business minds, on how to introduce and sustain cultural change in your organization.
* Learn how successful CEOs came to realize their leadership potential
* Discover the key attributes that increase a leader's effectiveness
* Uncover your own leadership strengths and development needs
* Handle the primary obstacles to cultural transformation
* Address outdated mindsets and resistance to organizational change
 
Mattone and Vaidya also draw upon their own extensive coaching and consulting experiences to provide a powerful and proven 6-Step Process for designing and implementing effective cultural transformations. This process enhances the other valuable tools in this comprehensive guide, so you can start building a positive organizational culture right away.

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JOHN MATTONE is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on leadership, talent and culture. He is a respected advisor and coach to Fortune 1000 CEO's and senior leadership teams on how to create and sustain a leadership and talent culture that drives superior operating results. John is the author of eight books including three best-sellers and he has been recognized by The Thinkers 50 and Globalgurus.org as one of the world's top ten leadership authorities and executive coaches. Recently, John was honored by his executive coaching peers (The Association of Corporate Executive Coaches), with the prestigious 2015 International Executive Coach Thought Leader of Distinction Award, in recognition of his thought leadership and his work as a global executive coach.
 
NICK VAIDYA is the Editor-in-Chief of The CEO Magazine and the Managing Director of The CEO Leadership Institute. He focuses on metrics-driven experimentation in sales, marketing, and strategy to manage planned business growth.

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PRAISE FOR CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS
 
"Cultural Transformations is saturated with insights and findings on organizational leadership that you can apply immediately. Mattone and Vaidya show why some organizational cultures are able to generate long-term sustainability and how you can implement proven turnaround strategies today!" -Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and bestselling author of Triggers
 
"A powerful inquiry into the nature of leadership and the increasing role that culture plays into today's business world." -Deborah DiSanzo, General Manager, IBM Watson Health
 
"Every year new business books offer promising solutions to the challenges of today's complicated global market. What makes this book special is the high-caliber inquiry Mattone brings to the table and the talented group of CEO's he interviews about the importance of a strong corporate culture and the leadership dynamics required to see it thrive." -Bill Logue, Former CEO of FedEx Freight
 
"By mining the expert opinions of many successful CEOs and entrepreneurs, Mattone and Vaidya distill the essential practices for successful leadership. The practical habits described in this book will give you a foundation to become an effective leader." -Fabio Polenti, MD, Chief Medical Operations Officer of The Cleveland Clinic Florida
 
"Mattone and Vaidya are progressive, bold, and inspiring in their think differently approach to leadership. They provide constructive and immediate executional steps that any company can use as they navigate the ever-changing, competitive global marketplace." -Ruthie Davis, Founder, President and Designer of luxury shoe brand, Ruthie Davis
 
"Cultural Transformations is a book every leader should read before an organizational transition is on the horizon. It will not only help you to anticipate the future, it will help you to create it in a mature, mindful, and savvy manner." -Lois P. Frankel, PhD, author of See Jane Lead and Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
 
"Cultural Transformations is not a book of abstract ideas. It is a living inquiry into change and leadership through the actual experience of leaders around the world." -Alper Utku, President of European Leadership University

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In our ever-changing business environment, forward thinking CEOs are grappling with their two most pressing challenges: solving the leadership gap and creating a sustainable corporate culture.
 
In Cultural Transformations, internationally acclaimed leadership coach John Mattone and The CEO Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Nick Vaidya unlock the keys to leadership development and cultural transformation through intimate interviews with fourteen CEOs from top organizations, including Deloitte, Graybar, Genpact, The North Face, HP Financial, Virtusa, Bigcommerce, American Marketing Association, Almansoori Specialized Engineering, Oman LNG, and Claro.
 
Culture was long thought to be merely a 'soft' resource in the corporate equation. However, more and more business leaders are beginning to recognize the necessity of culture when it comes to creating and sustaining long-term growth and change. And the key to creating a strong business culture is leadership. The best cultures start with CEOs who set the tone for the rest of the company, guiding others through the often-difficult process of corporate transformation.
 
Written as an insightful, understandable, and actionable leadership guide for executives in leadership positions, Cultural Transformations offers a roadmap for finding and developing the right leaders at all levels of the organization.
 
Through 14 intimate 'fireside chats' with a diverse mix of CEOs, Mattone brings his extensive coaching experience to bear, plumbing the depths of their experience and highlighting the most important aspects of their leadership style. Each reveal how they realized their potential, define the attributes that make them effective, and overcame the obstacles to their organization's cultural transformation.
 
In addition to the interviews with top leaders, Mattone and Vaidya draw on their own extensive coaching and consulting experiences to provide a powerful and proven 6 Step Model of Cultural Transformation for designing and implementing effective cultural transformations. This process enhances the other valuable tools found throughout this comprehensive guide so leaders can start building a positive organizational culture right now.
 
By tapping into Mattone's leadership development process, leaders can learn how to build a sustainable, flexible, and competitive business model that can survive and thrive in any market climate.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 111905592X
• ISBN 13: 9781119055921
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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