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Competing to Win: Lessons Learned for Reaching the Next Level of Organizational Performance
Competing to Win: Lessons Learned for Reaching the Next Level of Organizational Performance

Competing to Win: Lessons Learned for Reaching the Next Level of Organizational Performance: Lessons Learned for Reaching the Next Level of Organizational Performance

By Dr. Ted Marra
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Publication date : Dec 18, 2014
Length 164 pages
Edition : 1st Edition
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781634620062
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Competing to Win: Lessons Learned for Reaching the Next Level of Organizational Performance

Foreword
By Philip Sadler

Ted Marra and I have had many conversations over a number of years. On these occasions we have talked about matters of common interest and shared our views on a wide range of topics. One recurring theme has been why some companies are able to sustain outstanding performance over many years while others are either marginally competitive or fail altogether. In chewing this over we have shared our knowledge based on what we have learned in the course of our work in different fields – in Ted’s case as a global consultant working at the highest level in major international firms and in mine as CEO of an international business school and as a company director.

We agreed that there is no simple answer to this question – no magic bullet that is the key to success. Not surprising, since organizations are extremely complex systems. Achieving sustained business success depends on a range of factors, some hard and some soft. A CEO is like a conjuror who has to keep many balls in the air at the same time – if he takes his eye off one then the whole system can collapse. A global business operating in today’s world has many more balls in the air than a juggling act. We also agreed that these balls are of two kinds. The first set are to do with leadership and the creation of a winning culture, about articulating a clear purpose for the organization – one going beyond shareholder value, developing a vision for the future and embedding a set of enduring values. The second are to do with the essentials of good management – strategic planning, measurement and control and, above all, execution. Tying all these factors together is the business model.

What Ted Marra has done in this remarkably compact volume is to provide today’s and tomorrow’s business leaders with an amazingly clear guide to achieving sustainable success, dealing with all these factors in turn and tying them together. He gives the reader some pertinent examples both from his own consulting experience and from his extensive knowledge of the managerial literature.

I derived particular value from the challenging questions he addresses to his readers at the end of each chapter. These are not simply adjuncts to the test, to be read and consigned to the bookshelf. They raise questions that each CEO, indeed each member of the top team needs to ask him or herself at regular intervals.

I strongly recommend this book to current and aspiring CEOs. It can be read in the course of a moderately long business flight. A productive use of time.

Philip Sadler CBE FCIPD FRSA

Vice-president and former CEO Ashridge Business School

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A global business operating in today?s world has many more balls in the air than a juggling act. Success comes down to getting a small number of critical things right. Each chapter of this book looks at one of these critical factors to help you constructively challenge yourself, your team, and your organization to perform at a higher level. The book starts by exploring the various components of a business model and how they affect the performance of your business. You?ll discover various techniques to achieve operational excellence by building your organizational capability and study the nine sources that help you to create and deliver business value to your customers. Toward the end of the book, you?ll explore the next generation of the balanced scorecard that will help you achieve your goals in today?s competitive world. By the end of the book, you will have learned several key techniques to drive your business strategy.

What you will learn

Understand the importance of aligning the organization around a particular vision Master the Value Wheel and implement it in your business Leverage the sensing system to gauge how your organization is doing Explore the various factors that affect competitiveness and growth Study the critical components of the business model Gain insight into the management of customer relationships

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Length 164 pages
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Table of Contents

9 Chapters
Foreword By Philip Sadler Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Introduction Outperforming the Rest Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter One Charting Your Destiny with the Business Model Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter Two Planning and Executing through Alignment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter Three Creating and Delivering Value, Part I Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter Four Creating and Delivering Value, Part II Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter Five Leveraging Your Sensing System, Part I Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter Six Leveraging Your Sensing System, Part II Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter Seven Looking to the Future Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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