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- What’s the secret to spreading a "pocket of excellence" across your entire organization without diluting the quality that made it successful in the first place?
- Have you ever wondered why some leaders succeed by enforcing strict replication while others thrive by allowing local customization—and how do you know which path is right for your team?
- Did you know that the biggest obstacle to scaling up isn't usually a lack of talent, but rather the failure to subtract the "bad habits" that weigh your organization down?
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Key Takeaways from Scaling Up Excellence
- Discover how to strike the perfect balance between copying proven standard models and customizing them to fit your organization's unique local needs.
- Learn how to rally your team behind a 'hot cause' by using shared experiences, stories, and emotions to successfully scale new initiatives.
- Master the dual leadership roles of the 'plumber' who manages practical operations and the 'poet' who inspires teams with a passionate vision.
- Understand why scaling in steps and adding structure only when necessary prevents employee burnout and fosters personal responsibility.
- Find out why cultivating a strong sense of employee accountability and selflessness is more valuable to company progress than simply recruiting top-tier talent.
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Scaling Up Excellence — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: You need this: scaling is crucial for organizations to truly succeed.
Chapter 3: In it for the long haul: persistence truly matters more than quick wins.
Chapter 4: The tricky continuum: balancing between standardization and local variation.
Chapter 5: A twofold approach: shift beliefs or change behavior.
Chapter 6: Focus on lower complexity: it helps to free up room for excellence.
Chapter 7: People matter: cultivate accountability among excellent people.
Chapter 8: The power of connections: strong relationships among people spread excellence.
Chapter 9: Beware the bad: remove negative practices before spreading the good ones widely.
Chapter 10: Envision: time travel from our future
Scaling Up Excellence Summary & Overview
Scaling Up Excellence is the first major business publication that deals with how leaders can effectively spread exemplary practices in their organization. Readers can expect to learn about the latest research in the organizational behavior field, lots of instructive industry case studies, and many helpful practices, strategies and principles for scaling up.
The authors help leaders and managers understand major scaling challenges and show how to identify excellent niches, spread them and cultivate the right mindset within their organizations. They also set out scaling principles that guide leaders in their daily decisions.
Who Should Listen to Scaling Up Excellence?
- Leaders and managers seeking to improve the performance of their organization
- Anyone who wants to know how to spread best practices in an organization
- Anyone interested in cutting-edge organizational research
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