Wheelspin: The Agile Executive's Manifesto - Accelerate Your Growth, Leverage Your Value, Beat Your Competition

by Richardson, Mike F

• ISBN13: 9780982933374
• ISBN10: 0982933371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-01
• Publisher: No Limit Enterprises

Summary

This book provides a manifesto for the Why, What, When, Where, How and Who of agility. Using stories from his experiences as a manager, executive and CEO in the Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Automotive industries, Mike Richardson explores agility in everyday terms. He explains how aircraft accidents, the BP Oil Spill and Toyota's safety recalls relate to your agility challenge in your role in your business. He explains the agility of a jet fighter plane and a jet fighter pilot and how you can employ similar techniques in your organization.

Author Biography

Mike Richardson is a scientist turned engineer turned manager, executive and CEO turned facilitator, chair of CEO peer groups and keynote speaker. He is also British turned American with an MBA from London Business School and diverse international experience. Mike is dedicated to cracking the code of organizational agility for ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things making possible tomorrow what seems impossible today in business and in life. Learn how to be In the Driving Seat, translating strategy and execution into traction while avoiding wheel$pin!

Table of Contents

Preface	p. XIII
A Sense Of Void And Filling It	p. 1
Why Is Organizational Agility Increasingly Crucial?	p. 35
What Is Organizational Agility?	p. 61
When Do We Need Organizational Agility, And When Do We Have It?	p. 99
Where Does Organizational Agility Come From?	p. 143
How Do We Develop Organizational Agility?	p. 215
Who Do We Need To Be As Breakthrough Leaders In The Driving Seat® Of Organizational Agility?	p. 283
Are You Ready, Willing, And Able?	p. 297
Index	p. XXI
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