Mastering Turbulence: The Essential Capabilities of Agile and Resilient Individuals, Teams, and Organizations - Rilegato

Mccann, Joseph; Selsky, John W.

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ISBN 10: 1118164830 ISBN 13: 9781118164839

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2012

Riassunto

The essential capabilities organizations need to master turbulent change

Rapid and disruptive change threatens the adaptive capacity of organizations, along with the individuals and teams leading them. Based upon over a decade of global research and consulting, Joseph E. McCann and John W. Selsky outline five capabilities highly agile and resilient systems must possess. They must be: Purposeful, Aware, Action-Oriented, Resourceful, and Networked. In addition the authors illustrate how these capabilities can be assessed across four levels—individuals, teams, organizations, and their business ecosystems.

The goal is to develop these capabilities in tandem so that the individual, team, organization and ecosystem have High AR—not just greater agility or resiliency, but both high agility and high resiliency.

• The authors outline balanced development strategies for creating High AR that can be used to master turbulent environments for competitive advantage and sustained performance
• Includes cutting-edge concepts and examples that take readers from the latest advances in neuro-science and executive wellness to global supply chains and innovation strategy
• Contains illustrative examples and vignettes from leading organizations including Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, TECO Energy, Shell Oil, Walmart, and others

Most important, McCann, and Selsky deliver a unique and practical perspective that helps organization leaders make sense of the dynamic world in which they operate.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Joseph McCann is an internationally acknowledged scholar, consultant, author, and speaker. He is a former dean and professor of management at three business schools, and serves as executive editor of HR People & Strategy.

John W. Selsky is an associate professor of management at the University of South Florida, Lakeland, Florida. He is a well-published author in the areas of collaborative strategy in turbulent environments and cross-sector partnerships.

Both Drs. McCann and Selsky are graduates of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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Mastering Turbulence

"Today's fast-paced, complex, real-time information business world demands new thinking and skills for leading change. Our organization has benefitted from the practical ideas and approaches offered in Mastering Turbulence. We know firsthand that the case made for simultaneously developing individual leaders, their teams, and the entire organization is essential for high performance."?John B. Ramil, president and CEO, TECO Energy

"Mastering Turbulence offers a brilliant synthesis of massive volumes and decades of work in a variety of fields, netting it out into a clearly articulated set of core capacities that organizations must have to succeed and thrive in the 21st century. McCann and Selsky provide an excellent overview of research and practice related to creating and sustaining enterprises that are at once agile and resilient, through the multiple lenses of the individual, team, organization, and ecosystem. I highly recommend Mastering Turbulence for practitioners working both inside and outside organizations, including organization development and HR professionals, change management consultants, and business leaders and managers who want to build more resilient and agile organizations."?Jeana Wirtenberg, president and CEO, Transitioning to Green, LLC.; author, Building a Culture for Sustainability: People, Planet & Profits in a New Green Economy

"The increasing speed of disruptive changes at times makes it seem that success is simply a matter of dumb luck?yet, we know that some individuals, some teams, some organizations, and even some countries and industries come out on top of disruptive changes more often than others. Mastering Turbulence is the most thorough and useful dissection I've seen of the factors that lead to agility and resiliency?and ultimately to success. What's more, they offer examples and insight to help leaders and leadership teams apply the concepts they outline."?Alexis Fink, director, talent management infrastructure, Microsoft Corporation

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In today's unrelenting environment of rapid and disruptive change there is a level of unprecedented turbulence that is challenging organizations more than ever before.

Based on over a decade of global research and consulting, Mastering Turbulence clearly shows that agility and resiliency (AR) are two of the most critical attributes for building and sustaining superior performance in the midst of increasing turbulence. Joseph McCann and John W. Selsky reveal that organizations need to develop agility and resiliency in tandem, so that an entire enterprise has "High AR"?not just greater agility or resiliency, but both high agility and high resiliency.

The authors outline a proven model that demonstrates how organizations can achieve High AR by developing five essential capabilities: Being Purposeful, Being Aware, Being Action-Oriented, Being Resourceful, and Being Networked. To be successful, these capabilities must be manifested across four levels: individual, team, organization, and larger ecosystem.

To achieve optimal agility and resiliency, the authors offer specific recommendations for sustaining a strategic perspective, fostering an adaptive design mindset, and building significant organization change expertise. To ensure that management initiatives are targeted well, McCann and Selsky include detailed descriptions of the roles and responsibilities of the key players involved in building High AR throughout an organization. Mastering Turbulence also contains the most current concepts, practices, and examples from leading-edge organizations including Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, TECO Energy, Shell Oil, and Walmart.

Mastering Turbulence delivers a unique perspective that helps leaders make sense of the turbulent and dynamic world in which they operate. McCann and Selsky provide valuable, practical advice to individuals at all levels of an organization.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1118164830
• ISBN 13: 9781118164839
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile