{"product_id":"leadership-pure-and-simple-how-transformative-leaders-create-winning-organizations-9780071791823","title":"Leadership Pure and Simple: How Transformative Leaders Create Winning Organizations","description":"Seize control of your company's future--even in times of business disruption and market turmoil \u003cp\u003eFrom expanding global markets to an intensifying war for human resources, disruptive shifts are now a fact of business life. The ability to anticipate and adapt to such changes is what will separate the winners from the losers in the very near future. Creating the organizational agility necessary to compete in this new environment doesn't begin with the brute force of spending huge sums of money. Nor will a bulletproof business strategy or a culture of innovation magically transpire without the right foundations in place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou have to begin where all business success starts--with \u003ci\u003eLeadership Pure and Simple\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeadership Pure and Simple\u003c\/i\u003e gives you the tools to turn today's toughest business challenges into transformative opportunities for profitability and growth. By approaching leadership in a number of ways--including as a strategist, an innovator, a decision maker, a critical thinker, and a process manager--you can lead your company to profitability and growth no matter what the global economy throws your way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeadership Pure and Simple\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the broadest and most important changes occurring in society today to help you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelop strategies built around a central core that are refl ective of local strategic variables \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspire greater degrees of innovation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEschew a defensive batten down the hatches approach and look ahead to exploit new opportunities when economic conditions improve \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop a business model for attracting and retaining the best people to meet your goals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForesee how everything from climate change to the expanding gap between rich and poor will affect your particular industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fallout from our rapidly changing global economy hasn't occurred in force yet. But it's coming. Read \u003ci\u003eLeadership Pure and Simple\u003c\/i\u003e and learn how to adapt your company to the upheaval going on around it and lead it to ultimate success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLeadership Pure and Simple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e[DPI's] process has been a key catalyst of our growth.\u003c\/i\u003e -- THOMAS CHUA, chairman, Teckwah Industrial Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe DPI process requires the organization and all its key managers to quite extensively draw on their collective knowledge and experience to formulate answers to the challenging questions framed. We found it easier to do [innovate and change the game] based on the methodology, because the leadership itself had crafted the new strategy and the new business concept.\u003c\/i\u003e -- CHONG SIAK CHING, CEO, Ascendas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the knowledge you need [to create a strategy] resides in the head of your own people, and all you need is a process to extract that and look at it differently. It is a powerful concept and the right concept for every organization. I've used it at three organizations and in each case the results have been spectacular.\u003c\/i\u003e -- STEVE BONNER, CEO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew products are the lifeblood of our company. We put this process into place about 18 months ago. And after 18 months, 30 percent of our sales come from new products.\u003c\/i\u003e -- NEIL McDONOUGH, CEO, Flexcon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce again, the capable team at DPI has taken a difficult topic and applied their extensive experience in strategic thinking and execution to provide a well-structured, simple, and easy-to-follow approach to building a winning organization.\u003c\/i\u003e -- MARTIN BANNER, CEO, National Airways Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe thought that if we went through this process, we would get a common understanding and buy-in to our business philosophy. And it defi nitely achieved that objective.\u003c\/i\u003e -- LAURIE DIPPENAAR, Chair, First Rand Limited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Carolin, David Wilkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGraw-Hill Companies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780071791823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID WILKINS\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing partner of DPI Singapore and works with clients across Asia to help them improve the quality of their strategic and operational decisions. He spearheads the development and enhancement of the company's Strategy Execution Framework and Situation Management Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGREG CAROLIN\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing partner of DPI Africa and has extensive experience working with organizations across a variety of industries in South Africa and the United Kingdom, helping them improve the quality of their critical business decisions. 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