Leading Organizations: Ten Timeless Truths

Description

The guide for all leaders and senior managers, offering the answers to critical questions on organizational design and management. Every year, over 10,000 business books are published-and that's before you add in the hundreds of thousands of articles, blogs, and video lectures that are produced. Leaders can't possibly hope to digest it all, and writers increasingly sensationalize and spin their ideas in order to be noticed. The result? Put quite simply, the field of management thinking is in danger of losing the plot. In this new book, Scott Keller and Mary Meaney-Senior Partners at McKinsey & Company, the world's preeminent management consultancy-cut to the chase by answering the 10 most important and timeless questions that every leader needs to answer in order to maximize the performance and health of their organization. What's more, the authors recognize that great leaders may not have time for long-winded business books. In Leading Organizations, answers are kept to the essentials-hard facts, counter-intuitive insights, and practical steps-all presented in an accessible and highly visual format. If there's one essential business book you should read-ever-it's this one.

Scott Keller is a Senior Partner in the Southern California office of McKinsey & Company. He is a leader of the Firm's Global Organization Practice. Having grown tired of reading boring, long-winded business books, he has taken things into his own hands with this and his previous bestseller, Beyond Performance. Mary Meaney is a Senior Partner in McKinsey & Company's Paris office, and leads the Firm's Organization Practice in Europe. Long known for her energy, optimism, and insight, she's written this book to generate the same in its readers. She has also authored numerous articles on change management and organization behavior.

Senior executives should greet this book with joy and gratitude. Meticulous analysis reveals that the ten most important management topics today are as they have always been. So first you learn what most needs to be done - and then the time-tested ways to make it happen. -- Sir Martin Sorrell * CEO, WPP * No one has time to read long-winded business books or is too impatient to do so. Leading Organizations is different...its content is both practical and refreshing. Simply essential reading for any leader. -- Daniel Vasella * former Chairman and CEO, Novartis * Leading Organizations is like reading ten business books in one. These leadership lessons put into action are a catalyst to sustainable competitive advantage. -- Greg Case * CEO, Aon * The book is an accessible, digestible and valuable contribution to business leadership, built on the bedrock of tried and tested experience in managing challenge and change. -- Sir Roger Carr * Chairman, BAE Systems plc * An A-Z guide for leaders, covering everything from talent and teams, to design and decision-making, to culture and change - mandatory reading for anyone who aspires to be a great leader of organizations. -- Herman Gref * CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank * Leading Organizations contains extraordinary insight, powerful ideas, and practical guidance. It has something for everyone, whether you are just setting out or an experienced leader - a must-read. -- Carolyn Fairbairn * Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry * Keller and Meaney's Leading Organizations: Ten Timeless Truths reveals clear, real-world actions on how to tackle the issues that leaders of every organization face. The topics addressed are truly timeless - making it a vital read for start-ups and mature organizations alike. -- Peter Ma * Chairman, Ping An Insurance Company of China * Leading Organizations is straight to the point and counter-intuitive - and, above all, impact-focused. -- Alain Bejjani * CEO and Director, Majid Al Futtaim Holding LLC * A plain talking primer for CEOs and senior leaders who want to focus their attention on what matters. -- Nancy G. Hesse * President and CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America * Leading Organizations is easy to read, very pragmatic, and focused on results. -- Walter Bayly * CEO, Bancode Credito del Peru * Great handbook on how to develop high-performing organizations. A fresh departure from conceptual business books - very practical. -- Suh Kyung-bae * Chairman, AmorePacific Corporation * [Keller and Meaney] zero in on the essentials...digging into the few key lessons that matter most. I find Leading Organizations: Ten Timeless Truths to be a lovely example of profound simplicity. -- Robert I. Sutton * best-selling author, and Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University *