[eBook Code] Accelerating Performance (eBook Code, 1st)

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xv

About the Authors xvii

Introduction 1

SECTION I MOVE FAST OR DIE FASTER 5

CHAPTER 1 The Soft Stuff Really Is the Hard Stuff 7

CHAPTER 2 How to Increase Your METAbolic Rate 17

CHAPTER 3 A Learning Laboratory 31

CHAPTER 4 Our Journey to META 41

CHAPTER 5 What’s Your Current Pace?: A Diagnostic 55

SECTION II THE ACCELERATION IMPERATIVE 63

CHAPTER 6 Accelerating Strategy: Less Plan, More Planning 65

CHAPTER 7 Accelerating Organizations: Turning Drag into Drive 85

CHAPTER 8 Accelerating Teams: Capability Equals Ability Minus Ego 123

CHAPTER 9 Accelerating Leaders: The Leader Sets the Pace 149

SECTION III HOW TO START 165

CHAPTER 10 Finding the Right Recipe 167

CHAPTER 11 The ABC of Behavior Change 181

CHAPTER 12 Change the People or Change the People 199

CHAPTER 13 The Board as Catalyst 211

SECTION IV THE FOUR KEY SKILLS 223

CHAPTER 14 Ripple Intelligence: Join the Dots 225

CHAPTER 15 Resource Fluidity: Match Resources to Opportunities 237

CHAPTER 16 Dissolving Paradox: Reframe the Issue 249

CHAPTER 17 Liquid Leadership: Connect Beyond Hierarchy 263

CHAPTER 18 Conclusion: It’s More than a Program 273

Research Appendix 291

Index 317