Building the Awesome Organization: Six Essential Components That Drive Entrepreneurial Growth Tapa blanda - 2002 - 1st Edición

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"Typically a business doesn't move in a straight line; there are lots of turns in the road, lots of unexpected obstacles that you come up against.

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"One of the most practical guides to the nuts and bolts of building an organization that I have ever read." --Patrick Lencioni, Author of The Five Temptations of a CEO An awesome organization is what every business aspires to be: profitable, growth-oriented--the kind of company where the most talented people want to work. But how do you build an awesome organization? This book provides the answers. Drawing on the resources of the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and more than 500 successful entrepreneurs, authors Katherine Catlin and Jana Matthews explain how to assess the overall health of your company with an overview quiz. Then, they detail the six components you need to develop in order to create an awesome organization-- and show you, step-by-step, how to implement them in your company. You'll find out how to:

• Develop an innovative culture for growth--an empowering, motivating environment that attracts awesome people
• Hire and retain awesome people whose know-how, skills, insight, imagination, and ideas give your company a competitive edge
• Create your plan for growth--a written, yet flexible, blueprint that defines requirements for growth and innovation
• Prime your top team for growth by making sure they all share the company vision and understand their leadership roles
• Establish your infrastructure for growth with the right organizational structure and three key sets of processes
• Become the awesome leader of growth by communicating a sense of purpose and aligning people with the mission, vision, and values

Complete with detailed SCANs (quizzes) to help you benchmark your company's performance and real-life stories of what successful CEOs did to build their companies, as well as action plans and lists of "Red Flags" and "Vital Signs," Building the Awesome Organization is your indispensable road map for entrepreneurial growth.www.hungryminds.com