{"product_id":"the-leaders-guide-to-radical-management-isbn-9780470548684","title":"The Leader's Guide to Radical Management","description":"\u003cb\u003eA radical new management model for twenty-first century leaders\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOrganizations today face a crisis. The crisis is of long standing and its signs are widespread. Most proposals for improving management address one element of the crisis at the expense of the others. The principles described by award-winning author Stephen Denning simultaneously inspire high productivity, continuous innovation, deep job satisfaction and client delight. Denning puts forward a fundamentally different approach to management, with seven inter-locking principles of continuous innovation: focusing the entire organization on delighting clients; working in self-organizing teams; operating in client-driven iterations; delivering value to clients with each iteration; fostering radical transparency; nurturing continuous self-improvement and communicating interactively. In sum, the principles comprise a new mental model of management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthor outlines the basic seven principles of continuous innovation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe book describes more than seventy supporting practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDenning offers a rethinking of management from first principles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is written by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Language of Leadership—\u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Selection in Best Books of 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Management Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Brief History of Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What Radical Management Means.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: The Seven Principles Continuous Innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Principle #1: Delighting Clients.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Principle #2: Self-Organizing Teams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Principle #3: Client-Driven Iterations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Principle #4: Delivering Value to Clients in Each Iteration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Principle #5: Radical Transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Principle #6: Continuous Self-Improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Principle #7: Interactive Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Implementation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 A River of Cascading Conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Epilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Summary of Radical Management Practices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Denning puts forward a fundamentally different approach to management.\" (Publicnet.co.uk, November 2010)  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN DENNING\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading writer who consults with organizations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia on leadership, management, innovation, and business narrative. In 2009, he was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University, U.K. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Language of Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e—a \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e selection in Best Books of 2007, and a 800-CEO-READ selection as the best book on leadership in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn this provocative book, Stephen Denning introduces the seven principles of radical management, along with more than seventy supporting practices. Radical management focuses the entire organization on the goal of constantly increasing the value of what it offers to its clients, not merely producing goods or services or making money for shareholders. The seven interlocking principles comprise a new mental model of management: focusing the entire organization on delighting clients; working in self-organizing teams; operating in short client-driven iterations; delivering value to clients with each iteration; fostering radical transparency; nurturing continuous self-improvement; and communicating interactively. The principles and practices simultaneously inspire high productivity, continuous innovation, and deep job satisfaction, and result in surpassing client expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering a quick fix for today’s complex workplace problems, radical management rethinks the nature and purpose of management. It addresses the questions: “What is good? Who is it good for? Is it good for the organization? Is it good for those doing the work? Is it good for those for whom the work is done? Is it good for society at large?” At the very foundation is open communication. Managers and workers must communicate interactively, using authentic narratives, open-ended questions, and deep listening, rather than treating people as things to be manipulated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe principles and practices outlined in this book create a work environment that lifts up the human spirit and inspires the exhilaration of extraordinary performance\u003c\/p\u003e   “Denning has written an original and brilliant book which transforms ‘radical management’ into doable and, more important, indispensable management. Also an indispensable read!”\u003cbr\u003e —Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California \u0026amp; author of the just published: \u003ci\u003eStill Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Denning goes to the root of the management issues confronting companies today. Focusing on seven core principles, he lays out a pragmatic roadmap for shifting the corporation from a focus on scalable efficiency to a focus on delighting the customer and each other, while achieving even higher levels of productivity. In the process, he creates a space where we all can more fully achieve our potential.”\u003cbr\u003e — John Hagel, Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Leader’s Guide to Radical Management\u003c\/i\u003e delivers. It delivers insight into why today’s broken institutions don’t work. It delivers the principles and practices that can reinvent them. It delivers powerful examples of organizations that are doing it —and some that aren’t — and it delivers the tools to help you start digging a new foundation.”\u003cbr\u003e —Jim Kouzes, award-winning coauthor of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Leadership Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e; Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“To reinvent America and the world, we desperately need radical, new leadership and management. Stephen shows the way.”\u003cbr\u003e —Mark Victor Hansen, Co-creator of the series Chicken Soup for the Soul®\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Leader’s Guide to Radical Management\u003c\/i\u003e is the paradigm shift we have been looking for to guide us as we evolve.  This is the first book that focuses on what is truly important to being successful.”\u003cbr\u003e —Matt Hlavin, President, Thogus Products Company\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Leader’s Guide to Radical Management\u003c\/i\u003e reframes the way we think about management in a practical, application-driven way. A must-read for anyone in a management position!”\u003cbr\u003e —Ed Scanlan,CEO, Total Attorneys\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book contributes with principles on radical management and continuous innovation to support an Agile mindset in your entire organization.”\u003cbr\u003e —Michael Holm, CEO, Systematic Software\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I’ve spent the last 35 years of my professional life bushwhacking my way towards what I now know, thanks to Steve Denning, is the nirvana called Radical Management. It is a place where delighting customers is the religion and creativity, passion and learning are revered. Denning’s \u003ci\u003eRadical Management\u003c\/i\u003e is the antidote to the greatest disease in the workplace today, mental resignation due to lack of purpose.  \u003ci\u003eRadical Management\u003c\/i\u003e should be required reading for anyone entering the work force or looking to reignite their inner bushwhacker!”\u003cbr\u003e —Sam Bayer, CEO, b2b2dot0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Leader’s Guide to Radical Management\u003c\/i\u003e accomplishes what no leadership book has been able to do in recent times. It delivers clear insights on the impediments keeping most institutions today from success. Beyond that though it provide tools and means of overcoming these barriers in novel and often counter-intuitive ways. A must read for leaders attempting to move to the next level of performance.”\u003cbr\u003e —Rob Cross, Professor, University of Virginia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990275473637,"sku":"NP9780470548684","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470548684.jpg?v=1761787164","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-leaders-guide-to-radical-management-isbn-9780470548684","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}