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The book ends with a summary of the content that would include both a  leadership\/organisational health check list  and a guide to what readers can do differently (beginning immediately) to become more effective at creating an environment in which they and their respective organisations can realise their individual and collective potentials.  Key Book Threads:  Effectiveness v. Efficiency; Realising Potential v. Hitting the Numbers; Proactivity v. Reactivity; Elimination of problems v. Fire-fighting; Leadership v. 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Section two will be focused on specific things that readers can do to improve personal and collective organisational performance; performance that will need to be sustainable over time if the organisation is to survive in the business environment that we are all experiencing today.          The target audience of this book are the myriad of small and medium enterprises that are not in a position to retain the services of the McKinsey's or Bain's of the world; or even more importantly, those companies of all sizes that wish to ensure that the investments that they make to develop an effective strategy can use it to realise high, sustainable performance to assist them in realising their organisational potential.        Key Book Threads:  Understanding potential scenarios v. Waiting to see what happens; Selecting appropriate scenarios that make sense v. Waking up one day and not liking where the company is; Developing a strategy that is logical v. Developing a great looking strategy document that cannot be achievable; Sustainable high performance v. 'Spike' performance that withers; and, Retaining the gains of performance v. Recurring pressure for results.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49584818815249,"sku":"GOR003545522","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0340913975.jpg?v=1751038868"},{"product_id":"gaming-the-system-book-james-rieley-9780273654193","title":"Gaming the System","description":"\"We spend too much time firefighting and fighting among oursleves\" ...\"our management meetings are taking too much time, they're just not productive anymore\" ...\"it was a good idea, but it lacks direction. It has no day to day manager sitting abover it\" ...\"these measures have come at the expense of innovation.\"  Sound familiar? These are all real statements from real employees in businesses where the organisation itself, and the priorities that it sets, have become the end and not the means. Places where people do what gets counted, and lose sight of what counts.  Optimistic sales projections, creative accounting, fear of risk taking, uneccessary meetings, e-mail \"cc\" culture, resistance to change, empire building...all symptoms of people playing the organisational game. It comes to every organisation, and it drains resources and squanders opportunities.  Are your people doing what needs doing? or doing what gets measured once a month?  How many people in your business can't get to the bigger competitive challenges beacause they're  busy \"firefighting\"? This book will explore why and how people play the political game, respond to internal dynamics rather than market movements and work to company deadlines rather than market trends. It will show you how to understand and identify the symptoms of playing the system, mitigate its effects and then act to tackle its causes.  It's time to stop playing the organisation game and start playing the competitive game.  In a world in which organisations are facing an ongoing struggle to improve their outcomes, it has become increasingly clear that by simply 'cranking up' the productivity targets, their organisational gains are rarely sustainable. Of all the issues facing organisations that are inhibiting this ability, it is the organisational population's ability to 'game the system' that limits the success of initiatives.  In order to be able to deal effectively with this issues, managers at all levels need to understand the dynamics at play in an organisation that create the ability to 'game the system,' as well as ways in which to mitigate its effects.  Gaming the system occurs on many levels in an organisation, and in many forms. Gaming the System identifies how structures in organisations (both explicit and implicit policies and procedures, stated goals, and mental models) drive behaviours that are detrimental to long-term organisational success. Through the utilisation of case examples, the book shows how to identify these behaviours and develop ways in which to counteract their negative effects that will minimise the long-term personal and organisational potential. The book highlights three core-competencies that can mitigate the negative impacts of organisational gaming the system.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50528680902929,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50528681394449,"sku":"GOR001786529","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0273654195.jpg?v=1750973634"},{"product_id":"teach-yourself-change-crisis-management-book-james-rieley-9780340928325","title":"Teach Yourself Change \u0026 Crisis Management","description":"This is a book that helps managers and employees deal with change and crisis management in organisations from all sectors but particularly SMEs. Avoiding academic theories about change (that few understand), case studies of organisations that have previously been highlighted in the news (whose cases really don't even apply to the SME market) and opinion pieces by ex-CEOs  'CHANGE \u0026amp; CRISIS MANAGEMENT' is a book written in James Rieley's inimitable plain talk for the managers and employees of SMEs. This is the book for those faced with the daily challenges of how to deal with situations when things have gone really bad and where tough decisions are required if the company is to survive and realise its potential.  'CHANGE \u0026amp; CRISIS MANAGEMENT' is written in five easy to read, understand AND APPLY sections.Section four will contain a set of 'worksheets' that the readers can reproduce, along with specific instructions on how to use them, why to use them, and when to use them. Key Book Threads:  Dealing with change; change management; crisis management; organisational performance; personal and organisational effectiveness.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50556141011217,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50556141961489,"sku":"GOR001358392","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52628830224657,"sku":"GOR004250237","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0340928328.jpg?v=1750813428"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-james-rieley.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}