On Purpose : Why great leaders start with the PLOT/
Karen James
- 1st edition
- Hoboken : Wiley, c2015.
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
Description based upon print version of record.
On Purpose: Why great leaders start with the PLOT; Contents; Foreword; About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Fable (Back to School); Manifesto; PLOT; PART I The Fable (Back to School); Meet the characters; The adults; The students; Chapter 1 Back to school; Welcome to Ms Molloy; Week one, day one; Purpose-setting; The stampede; Week one, day three; The assignment; New Big Words; Dividing the groups; Betsy's team; Bobby's group; Bobby's house; Week one, day four; Social rewards; Back to Betsy; On Board; Game time; Week one, day five; Bank names; Week two, day one; Candy jar Week two, day twoParental participation; Back to the how; Week two, day three; No time; Week two, weekend; PLOT; Bobby's house; Week three, weekend; Long Beach Island; Week three, day one; PLOT comes to life; Week four, day one; The bank; Week four, day five; Bob's upcoming visit; Week five, day one; Bob's presentation; Reflections; Week five, day two; Customers rule; Week six, day one; Back to Bob; Week six, day five; TGIF; Week seven, day one; Presentations; Bobby's presentation; Betsy's presentation; Ten years on; Epilogue; PART II Manifesto; What's with the story?; The power of our story https://www.perlego.com/book/999491 A bit about Ms MolloyA bit about Bob; Business dialogue in the class(/board)room; PART III PLOT; Chapter 2 Purpose; The core; Your reason to exist; See through vision, direct through strategy; Intrinsic measures of success; Real-life stories; Start with the cause; Find the meaning; Listen to the calling of your employees; Chapter 3 Leadership; Power made by many; Co-creating leadership; Complications; Purpose is circumvented by capital-market disciplines; Icebergs (there's a lot under that tip); Positions of power and perilous pressure; Meaning is catching; So, what to be? Which self are you putting forward?Opening the door; The power of the mind; A word on transformation; Theory U; Do you know your blind spots?; Be the torch-bearer; It all starts with courage; The globalisation groundswell; Step into the collective; Become the learning leader; Become the system leader; Don't be a hero; Big, bad biases exist; Chapter 4 Operations; The heart of everything; The flow-on from purpose-rich operations; Design the shape for your purpose; Money, money, money; Servicing constituents the world over; To lead we must manage; You can control the process How do you keep good people?Creating loyalty in large organisations; Lens of rationalisation; The enquiry model; Purpose-led projects; Dealing with the devil; What we measure matters; Momentum of data; Chapter 5 Technology; Is your technology telling your story?; Technology and your underberg; The last 10 per cent matters; Drilling deeper to put technology into PLOT; Digitisation; Transformation; Foundations; Chapter 6 Action; The PLOT Framework; Quadrant 1: Losing the PLOT; Quadrant 2: Forgetting the Customer; Quadrant 3: Forgetting the Team; Quadrant 4: Manifesting Purpose; Afterword; Notes Smartboard
A witty, insightful guide to rediscovering Purpose and leading like you mean it On Purpose is a modern-day business book for those who want to steer their work — and life — back on course. When your head and heart connect in both, our humanity becomes the hero in the story. Shed the mediocrity that comes from halfhearted decision-making, and rediscover your PLOT — Purpose, Leadership, Operations, and Technology — as you learn to live and lead with purpose. This insightful guide provides a framework for re-evaluating your direction, then stepping back and re-aiming the ship. It starts with a fable that illustrates just how businesses lose their PLOT every day, then digs down to the nitty-gritty to give you the actionable steps and practical advice you need to climb out of the rut. Deliberately ironic and witty, this book presents a fun, but informative read that is anything but cynical. You'll learn from the author's own successes using PLOT in her career, as she turned a $9M business into a $100M business and went on to drive international and domestic philanthropic ventures and leadership training programmes. PLOT will become the most practical four-letter word you'll ever use. This book shows you how a simple framework can become the turnaround your organisation and life so desperately need. Get your work on target Shift engagement methods for better results Leverage technology into a purposeful tool Get up and act You may already have a documented vision and mission statement, but that's no longer sufficient. You need to act and lead with purpose, every day, in every decision you make. You need to recognise and utilise good people and tools, and redefine your goals to make them worth striving for. On Purpose shows you how, and gives you the practical, tested guidance you need to start moving in the right direction.
English
9780730323945 0730323943 9780730322474 0730322475
Business -- Decision making. Business planning. Industrial management. Success in business. Management Business & Economics Management Theory