Journey to the Emerald City: Achieve a Competitive Edge by Creating a Culture of AccountabilityConnors and Smith explore the direct link between a company's culture and the results it produces, providing a program to transform entrenched patterns into potent new ways of being and doing. Getting to the core of why people work as they do is a dynamic process demanding that leaders take control of the culture to create experiences that foster beliefs, drive actions, and produce the ultimate competitive advantage. Filled with success stories, the book introduces a step by step model to help people at any level of the organization take action that will alter the company's belief system in order to produce the desired results. |
Contents
PART | 1 |
Building a Culture of Accountability | 25 |
PART | 48 |
Chapter Three Defining Results That Lead to Success | 55 |
Chapter Four Generating Action That Gets Results | 77 |
Chapter Five Identifying Beliefs That Produce Action | 101 |
Chapter Six Creating Experiences That Instill the Right Beliefs | 123 |
PART THREE | 141 |
Chapter Seven Using Focused Feedback to Accelerate Change | 147 |
Chapter Eight Aligning a Culture for Rapid Progress | 167 |
Chapter Nine Employing Leadership to Move the Change Forward | 191 |
Chapter Ten Enrolling the Entire Organization in the Transition | 215 |
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