Become the Architect of Your Ideal Organization! Are you constantly fighting "fires" only to have them reignite again and again? Are you frustrated trying to meet the demands of multiple stakeholders - customers, employees, investors, etc.? What if you could develop your own custom leadership system and collaborative leadership style to leverage the forces of change to transform your organization's systems and culture? What if you could increase the odds of successful strategy deployment by using a flexible design framework to [re]design your organization systems and processes? What if you could create ever-improving value for multiple stakeholders, including customers, workforce, investors, suppliers and partners, society, and the natural environment? This book combines over 25 years of experience with research that resulted in two award-winning, peer-reviewed frameworks for leadership and design. These frameworks form a Blueprint for leading the journey to sustainable excellence. These steps are covered in the 14 chapters, from leveraging the forces for change to the nine components of the leadership system to a collaborative leadership style and culture of service.Visit the Free Application Labs - One for each chapter in the Learn how Identify and leverage the Forces for ChangeApply the nine key components of an effective Leadership SystemDevelop your own Collaborative Leadership StyleDevelop a Culture of ServiceIdentify your own Individual Characteristics that support your leadership approachLeverage the Facilitators of Change to lead a successful [re]design and transformation and... Create Sustainable Value for Multiple Stakeholders!Whether you are transforming an enterprise organization or just redesigning and rebuilding a part of the organization, this book will help you get started on a solid foundation!
Dr. Latham describes organizational transformation in an informal no nonsense manner. This book lays out a blueprint for leaders who wish to transform their organization.
I studied this book during my Master's degree and Dr. Latham was my professor. It has changed the way I view organizations as a whole and has deepened my understanding of how successful business operate.