Improving Your Company's Performance : Leading CEOs on Setting Your Company Apart, Taking Strategic Action, and Developing a Long-Term Plan (Inside the Minds)

by Williams, Russ; Steiner, Joseph J.; Tinney, Richard D.; Sturm, John F.; Irwin, Bob

• ISBN13: 9780314208378
• ISBN10: 0314208372
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: West Group

Summary

Improving Your Companys Performance is an authoritative, insiders perspective on making the most of your companys potential. Featuring presidents and CEOs representing some of the top companies in the nation, this book provides best practices for enhancing performance by developing a strategic plan, maintaining consistent standards, and instituting changes. In todays increasingly cost-conscious environment, these authors outline how to make a tangible impact on corporate saving efforts by eliminating low-hanging fruit, leveraging innovation, and scaling for the economy. This book provides valuable insight for those looking to set their company apart from an inundated market by focusing on what works, fixing what doesnt, and effectively communicating changes to employees and managers alike. Highlighting the importance of the CEOs role in setting the tone for excellence from the top,

Table of Contents

Taking Strategic Action against Your Fundamentals to Improve Performance	p. 7
Expand Core Competencies: an Integrated Approach through Diversification	p. 19
Hands-on Involvement: Setting the Standard for Optimum Performance	p. 29
The Helping Hand: Member-Centered Performance and the Trade Association
Meeting Customer Needs: Better Performance through Products, People, and Planning	p. 47
Growth and Satisfaction: Universal Considerations for Improving Performance	p. 57
New World, New Needs, New Products: Improving Performance in A Changing Climate	p. 65
Engaging the Workforce through Servant Leadership and Cultural Development
Driving Success through Extraordinary Service	p. 89
Small Changes, Big Impact: Optimization of the Sales/Delivery Interface	p. Louisa Busca
A Different way of Seeing Things: Tackling Performance Challenges in Difficult Times	p. 107
Encouraging Performance through Education and Accountability	p. 119
Collaboration, Commitment, and Communication: Tales from the Road of Continuous Performance Improvement	p. 129
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