Why Good Companies Go Bad And How Great Managers Remake Them

by Sull, Donald N.

• ISBN13: 9781591397168
• ISBN10: 1591397162
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr

Summary

How to keep your company from being blinded by its own success-and how to put a firm on the path to sustained greatness.Organisations must change to survive. But a blind commitment to success "formulas" that worked in the past often render companies unable to adapt when new competitive situations arise. This book spells out the common pitfalls managers fall into, and outlines specific processes managers can use to help their organizations overcome their inertia before it's too late.

Table of Contents

HBR OnPoint from the Harvard Business Review "Managing by Commitments"	p. 1
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
The Life Cycle of Commitments	p. 1
The Active Inertia Trap	p. 23
Is Your Company at Risk?	p. 43
The Power of Transforming Commitments	p. 67
Choosing the Right Anchor	p. 83
Picking the Right Person for the Job	p. 105
Giving Your Commitments Traction	p. 125
The Seven Deadly Sins of Transforming Commitments	p. 141
The Private Side of Public Commitments	p. 159
Appendix	p. 167
Notes	p. 173
Index	p. 201
About the Author	p. 211
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