Second Cycle, The: Winning the War Against Bureaucracy

by Kolind, Lars

• ISBN13: 9780131736290
• ISBN10: 0131736299
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall

Summary

You're growing fast. You're profitable. Maybe they're even writing great things about you in the business press. But, just beneath the surface, you are mincubating the seeds of disaster? It's happened over and over again, in one industry after another, to companies ranging from IBM to Upjohn. In this book, Lars Kolind helps you uncover the earliest signs of trouble--and reignite a powerful new growth cycle, instead of accelerating towards failure. Kolind draws heavily upon his own personal experience turning around Oticon, the world's leading manufacturer of hearing aids. He shows how size, age, and success tend to propagate the "virus of arrogance " throughout even the best companies--and why conventional solutions such as mergers, acquisitions, and downsizing often merely mask the problems. Step by step, you'll analyze how your leaders are leading, how your teams are collaborating, and the very "meaning " of your organization.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. XI
Preface	p. XIII
Acknowledgments	p. XVII
The First Cycle: Why Success Breeds Failure	p. 1
The Second Cycle: A New Paradigm	p. 17
Meaning	p. 31
Partnership	p. 43
From Hierarchy to Collaboration	p. 61
Leadership	p. 87
The Toolbox	p. 97
Three Live Case Studies	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 181
Appendix
How Oticon Entered the Second Cycle	p. 185
Index	p. 221
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