"This book specifies why organizations fall into patterns of inertia and details the skills leaders need to regain organizational momentum. It includes case illustrations from technology, finance, banking, home entertainment, and retail business sectors. Illustrations are drawn from...

Organizations, like people, get stuck! They get ensnared in routines and processes, and they fall back into old habits. This is the dangerous period of inertia, the period that precedes failure, when organizations show signs of sluggishness.In Transforming the Clunky Organization Samuel B....

Everyone is capable of coming up with a good idea, but a good idea without execution is hallucination. Leaders, including politicians and corporate officers, are those who have mastered the pragmatic skills that turn creative, innovative ideas into concrete realities. They are able to transform...

Organizations, like people, get stuck! They get ensnared in routines and processes, and they fall back into old habits. This is the dangerous period of inertia, the period that precedes failure, when organizations show signs of sluggishness.In

THE AGENDA MOVER -- Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. THE POLITICAL COMPETENCE OF EXECUTION -- Don't Rely on the Power of Your Idea... -- ...Or Charisma -- Lead with a Small "L" -- Build a Coalition -- 2. ANTICIPATE THE AGENDAS OF OTHERS: KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM -- Anticipate...