Gary Hamel
Never before have businesses faced a more fractured, contentious, and dynamic environment. Hamel lays out an essential agenda in a world where old nostrums aren't merely useless, but downright toxic. With brutal honesty, iconoclastic thinking, and cutting-edge examples, he outlines a clear approach for leaders everywhere who are eager to move ahead.,This is not a book about one thing. It's not a 250-page dissertation on leadership, teams or motivation. Instead, it's an agenda for building organizations that can flourish in a world of diminished hopes, relentless change and ferocious competition.,This is not a book about doing better. It's not a manual for people who want to tinker at the margins. Instead, it's an impassioned plea to reinvent management as we know itâ€”to rethink the fundamental assumptions we have about capitalism, organizational life, and the meaning of work.,Leaders today confront a world where the unprecedented is the norm. Wherever one looks, one sees the exceptional and the extraordinary:,- Business newspapers decrying the state of capitalism.,- Once-innovative companies struggling to save off senescence.,- Next gen employees shunning blue chips for social start-ups.,- Corporate miscreants getting pilloried in the blogosphere.,- Entry barriers tumbling in what were once oligopolistic strongholds.,- Hundred year-old business models being rendered irrelevant overnight.,- Newbie organizations crowdsourcing their most creative work.,- National governments lurching towards bankruptcy.,- Investors angrily confronting greedy CEOs and complacent boards.,- Newly omnipotent customers eagerly wielding their power.,- Social media dramatically transforming the way human beings connect, learn and collaborate.,Obviously, there are lots of things that matter now. But in a world of fractured certainties and battered trust, some things matter more than others. While the challenges facing organizations are limitless; leadership bandwidth isn't. That's why you have to be clear about what really matters now. What are the fundamental, make-or-break issues that will determine whether your organization thrives or dives in the years ahead? Hamel identifies five issues are that are paramount: values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. In doing so he presents an essential agenda for leaders everywhere who are eager to...,- move from defense to offense,- reverse the tide of commoditization,- defeat bureaucracy,- astonish their customers,- foster extraordinary contribution,- capture the moral high ground,- outrun change,- build a company that's truly fit for the future,Concise and to the point, the book will inspire you to rethink your business, your company and how you lead.
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What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation