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Journey to the Emerald City

Achieve a Competitive Edge by Creating a Culture of Accountability

Author Roger Connors, Tom Smith
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$24.00 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Prentice Hall Press
On sale Jul 01, 2002 | 256 Pages | 9780735203587
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Connors and Smith explore the direct link between a company's culture and the results it produces, providing a program to transform entrenched patterns into potent new ways of being and doing. Getting to the core of why people work as they do is a dynamic process demanding that leaders take control of the culture to create experiences that foster beliefs, drive actions, and produce the ultimate competitive advantage. Filled with success stories, the book introduces a step by step model to help people at any level of the organization take action that will alter the company's belief system in order to produce the desired results.
Preface

Part One: Understanding Company Culture
Chapter One: The Yellow Brick Road: Accelerating the Journey
Chapter Two: The Emerald City: Building a Culture of Accountability

Part Two: Shifting to a New Culture
Chapter Three: Defining Results That Lead to Success
Chapter Four: Generating Action That Gets Results
Chapter Five: Identifying Beliefs That Produce Action
Chapter Six: Creating Experiences That Instill the Right Beliefs

Part Three: Accelerating Culture Change
Chapter Seven: Using Focused Feedback to Accelerate Change
Chapter Eight: Aligning a Culture for Rapid Progress
Chapter Nine: Employing Leadership to Move the Change Forward
Chapter Ten: Enrolling the Entire Organization in the Transition

Roger Connors and Tom Smith are cofounders of Partners in Leadership, an international management consulting firm with hundreds of clients in almost all major industries. They are also the coauthors of Journey to the Emerald City, a sequel toThe Oz Principle. View titles by Roger Connors
Tom Smith and Roger Connors are cofounders of Partners in Leadership, an international management consulting firm with hundreds of clients in almost all major industries. They are also the coauthors of Journey to the Emerald City, a sequel toThe Oz Principle. View titles by Tom Smith

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Connors and Smith explore the direct link between a company's culture and the results it produces, providing a program to transform entrenched patterns into potent new ways of being and doing. Getting to the core of why people work as they do is a dynamic process demanding that leaders take control of the culture to create experiences that foster beliefs, drive actions, and produce the ultimate competitive advantage. Filled with success stories, the book introduces a step by step model to help people at any level of the organization take action that will alter the company's belief system in order to produce the desired results.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part One: Understanding Company Culture
Chapter One: The Yellow Brick Road: Accelerating the Journey
Chapter Two: The Emerald City: Building a Culture of Accountability

Part Two: Shifting to a New Culture
Chapter Three: Defining Results That Lead to Success
Chapter Four: Generating Action That Gets Results
Chapter Five: Identifying Beliefs That Produce Action
Chapter Six: Creating Experiences That Instill the Right Beliefs

Part Three: Accelerating Culture Change
Chapter Seven: Using Focused Feedback to Accelerate Change
Chapter Eight: Aligning a Culture for Rapid Progress
Chapter Nine: Employing Leadership to Move the Change Forward
Chapter Ten: Enrolling the Entire Organization in the Transition

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Roger Connors and Tom Smith are cofounders of Partners in Leadership, an international management consulting firm with hundreds of clients in almost all major industries. They are also the coauthors of Journey to the Emerald City, a sequel toThe Oz Principle. View titles by Roger Connors
Tom Smith and Roger Connors are cofounders of Partners in Leadership, an international management consulting firm with hundreds of clients in almost all major industries. They are also the coauthors of Journey to the Emerald City, a sequel toThe Oz Principle. View titles by Tom Smith

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