The secret of achieving and sustaining organizational excellence revealed in an ever-changing world where only a third of excellent organizations stay that way over the long term, and where even fewer are able to implement successful change programs, leaders are in need of big ideas and new tools to thrive. In Beyond Performance, McKinsey & Company's Scott Keller and Colin Price give you everything you need to build an organization that can execute in the short run and has the vitality to prosper over the long term. Drawing on the most exhaustive research effort of its kind on organizational effectiveness and change management, Keller and Price put hard science behind their big idea: that the health of an organization is equally as important as its performance. In the book's foreword, management guru Gary Hamel refers to this notion as "a new manifesto for thinking about organizations." The authors illustrate why copying management best practices from other companies is more dangerous than helpful Clearly explains how to determine the mutually reinforcing combination of management practices that best fits your organization's context Provides practical tools to achieve superior levels of performance and health through a staged change process: aspire, assess, architect, act, and advance. Among these are new techniques for dealing with those aspects of human behavior that are seemingly irrational (and therefore confound even the smartest leaders), yet entirely predictable Ultimately, building a healthy organization is an intangible asset that competitors copy at their peril and that enables you to skillfully adapt to and shape your environment faster than others--giving you the ultimate competitive advantage.
About the Author: Scott Keller leads McKinsey's Transformational Change group in the Americas. He has worked with CEOs and top teams to deliver substantial improvements in clients' revenue, share prices, and customer satisfaction. At the same time, he has helped clients to strengthen employee engagement and cost efficiencies, reducing employee turnover and deepening collaboration across businesses. Scott regularly hosts CEO roundtables on leadership and change management, including at McKinsey's Leadership Retreat and at the World Economic Forum. Outside of McKinsey, Scott is a co-founder and board member of Digital Divide Data (DDD), a social enterprise that utilizes a sustainable IT service model to benefit some of the world's most disadvantaged. DDD was ranked by Fast Company magazine as a global Top Innovator.