Scaling up excellence getting to more without settling for less
"In Scaling Up Excellence, bestselling author Bob Sutton and Stanford colleague Huggy Rao tackle the topic that obsesses businesses large and small, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies--how to scale up their businesses and spread excellence throughout the organizational culture"--
| Main Authors: | Sutton, Robert I. (Author), Rao, Hayagreeva, 1959- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Business,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface:
- The problem of more
- It's a ground war, not just an air war : going slower to scale faster (and better) later
- Buddhism versus Catholicism : choosing a path
- Hot causes, cool solutions : stoking the scaling engine
- Cut cognitive load : but deal with necessary complexity
- The people who propel scaling : build organizations where "I own the place and the place owns me"
- Connect people and cascade excellence : using social bonds to spread the right mindset
- Bad is stronger than good : clearing the way for excellence
- Did this, not that : imagine you've already succeeded (or failed)
- Teach us more, learn more.