{"product_id":"driving-results-isbn-9781119822479","title":"Driving Results","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the keys to effective organizational transformation from an author who did it as the CEO of an iconic company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDriving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company, \u003c\/i\u003enow-retired Chief Executive Officer Gary Garfield delivers an incisive and eye-opening road map of how to transform any organization, department, or group. Through a series of massive changes, Garfield drove record results while the CEO. By sharing his learnings on driving change in this insightful book, you’ll learn how you can use the six essential elements to drive results through change at your organization or with your team.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the book, the celebrated author presents:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eStartling insights into the symptoms of a dysfunctional organization or group—and how to turn it around\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explanations of each of the six keys to transformation and how to implement them in any company or team\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStrategies for selling change throughout your organization or group to ensure its success\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe hallmarks of successful change leaders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe importance of culture and how to change it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritical people issues that so often arise during transformation efforts and how to deal with those issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA must-read collection of thought-provoking, practical, and hands-on methods for delivering impactful and quantifiable change in any environment, \u003ci\u003eDriving Results\u003c\/i\u003e is the blueprint for transforming any organization or group into a high-performing and culturally healthy powerhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Change Imperative 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Success Through Change 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 What Is Bridgestone Americas? 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Recognizing a Need for Change 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Ii the Six Lessons for Change 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 A Prelude for Change 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Leadership: Lesson #1 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Vision: Lesson #2 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Culture: Lesson #3 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 People: Lesson #4 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Alignment: Lesson #5 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Focused Execution: Lesson #6 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Restoring an Iconic Brand with the Six Lessons 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGARY A. GARFIELD\u003c\/b\u003e is the former CEO, President, and Chairman of Bridgestone Americas, Inc., the successor to the iconic Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. It is a 55,000 person company with operations on five continents, and the largest subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation. As the CEO, Garfield led the transformation of Bridgestone Americas, driving it to grow profits more than five-fold during his six year tenure. He is a speaker, consultant, and guest lecturer who has presented at Yale, Wharton, Vanderbilt, West Point, and many other institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCompany turnarounds are no easy feat. Nor is it easy to successfully drive significant change. Studies have shown that over two-thirds of all change efforts fail. Dysfunctional and entrenched corporate cultures, leadership problems and other issues so often doom transformation efforts and a leader’s agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDriving Results: Six Lessons Learned from Transforming an Iconic Company,\u003c\/i\u003e veteran executive Gary A. Garfield delivers an inspiring and actionable blueprint for business change and transformation that is as hands-on as it is original. In the book, you’ll explore the six key elements necessary to successfully drive change in any organization, department, or team: leadership, vision, culture, people, alignment, and focused execution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarfield draws on his extensive experience at an iconic American company to inform his singularly effective approach. His laser-focus on the six key elements of change enables you to overcome obstacles to your change effort, and allows you to implement the strategies you need to achieve the results you want. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDriving Results\u003c\/i\u003e relies on startling insights into dysfunctional organizations, what makes them tick, and how to get them back on track. It also explains in specific detail how to sell the changes that need to be made across the organization and then how to implement those changes in ways that guarantee your vision will become a reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA must-read compilation of thought-provoking and practical strategies for enabling dramatic change in any organization, department or group,\u003ci\u003e Driving Results\u003c\/i\u003e is the hands-on business transformation blueprint that executives and managers have been waiting for.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for DRIVING RESULTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Wow! I absolutely love this book. The six lessons Gary addresses in this book are spot on. As a business consultant in Operational Excellence and Culture Change for the past 25 years, I have learned a great deal, and what Gary offers here is a well-researched practical and credible guide for any leader seeking to inspire innovative change and inspiring results. I will not hesitate to recommend it to every aspiring and accomplished leader I know, including C-Suite executives from some of the world’s leading organizations. Thank you, Gary, for this very informative and enlightening book!” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—JOHN MURPHY, \u003c\/b\u003eFounder \u0026amp; CEO of Venture Management Consultants, Inc. and award-winning author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Driving Results\u003c\/i\u003e is an inspiring and practical book about leading change at one of the world’s most iconic companies. The wisdom inside offers a blueprint to implement effective change through more effective Leadership, Vision, Culture, People, Alignment, and Focused Execution. I love the leadership insights packed inside this book, and more importantly I love that everyone who reads it will be moved to do something right away to drive results for themselves.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—ADRIAN GOSTICK,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll In\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Leading with Gratitude\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you are looking to build a culture that is people focused, a culture that attracts and retains great talent, and one that drives superior results… you need a play book. Here it is. Read it, share it and do it! Play to win.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—CHESTER ELTON, \u003c\/b\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Carrot Principle \u0026amp; Leading With Gratitude\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gary has written an inspirational book of what people working together, aligned under committed leadership, can accomplish. 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