Thirteeners
Why Only 13 Percent of Companies Successfully Execute Their Strategy--and How Yours Can Be One of Them
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In today's corporate world, 87 percent of companies fail to successfully execute the strategy they set for any given year. In the pages of this book, CEO mentor and Coach Dan Prosser shows you how to make your company one of the other 13 percent--a Thirteener. In the process, he explains that the true challenge of building a great company--one that consistently executes its strategy--is understanding the real nature of human interaction and the key to success: connectedness.
Whether you're a successful CEO, business owner, entrepreneur, or leader, or whether you're struggling to build the business you've always wanted, Thirteeners will help you...
• transform your organization's internal connectedness so you can achieve your next level of performance you’re looking for.
• create a workplace environment that supports your vision and assures participation by every team member.
• produce breakthrough results.
With a focus on business as a network of interrelated conversations and through groundbreaking ''Best Place To Work'' company research, Prosser demonstrates what you need to do to transform the way your employees think and act to achieve unprecedented levels of performance for your company.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Prosser, former CEO of Telman Technology Partners, has a theory about why 87% of companies each year fail to carry out the strategy they had previously decided on. According to him, their problem is not a lack of foresight or smarts, but that they don't know how to talk amongst themselves. Moreover, he writes, it's not enough that employees just agree with a company's mission; they need to feel love both for and from their leadership. If this suggestion seems extreme, consider Prosser's lengthy business experience, paired with his interests: for instance, he is a devotee of research professor Bren Brown and her studies on "the power of vulnerability" (to borrow the title of her TED talk). In chatty, engaging prose, Prosser urges readers to better understand why employees aren't executing strategies and how an "execution virus" can infect a workplace. Most important, in his opinion, is that business leaders always, always keep open the lines of communication. Though some readers may find the proliferation of buzzwords and trademarks off-putting, Prosser's can-do attitude, paired with the book's wealth of worksheets and easy-to-use exercises, make this an appealing and encouraging guide to success through improved communication.
