Ron Ashkenas has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators. The most-rated is The Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization, and Get to the Next Level.
Simply Effective
Summary
The level of complexity in most organizations today is staggering - and it's only getting worse. There are so many choices to be made, people to involve, processes to manage, and facts to analyze, it's impossible to get things done. And in today's hypercompetitive world, that can be fatal. Yet complexity doesn't happen on its own. Managers unwittingly create it, often through well-intended decisions. In Simply Effective, Ron Ashkenas provides a playbook for regaining control, focused on the four major causes of complexity: Constant changes in organizational structures Proliferation of products and services Evolution of business processes Time-wasting managerial behaviors The author provides a diagnostic for identifying how these causes of complexity are affecting your organization - and presents practical tactics for combating each one. Ashkenas also explains how to craft a strategy that will make simplification an ongoing driver of your company's success - no matter where you work in your organization. Abundant examples from companies like ConAgra Foods, GE, Cisco, Zurich Financial Services, and Johnson & Johnson illuminate his points. A crucial resource in today's overly complex age, Simply Effective should be required listening for everyone on your management team.
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The Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook: Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization, and Get to the Next Level
Summary
Put aside all the overhyped new frameworks, the listicles, the "10 best things you need to succeed as a leader today". The critical leadership practices - the ones that will allow a leader to make the biggest impact over time - are well established. They're about how you create a vision and inspire others to follow it. How you make difficult strategic choices. How you lead innovation. How you get results. In this comprehensive handbook, strategy and change experts Ron Ashkenas and Brook Manville distill proven ideas and frameworks about leadership from Harvard Business Review, interviews with senior executives, and their own experience in the field - all to help rising leaders stand out and have a big impact. In The Harvard Business Review Leader's Handbook, you'll find concise explanations of proven leadership frameworks from Harvard Business Review contributors, such as Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Porter; in-depth case studies of senior leaders, such as Jim Wolfensohn at the World Bank, Paula Kerger at PBS, Darren Walker at the Ford Foundation, and Jim Smith at Thomson Reuters; and step-by-step guidance to help you understand and start implementing six core leadership practices: building a unifying vision, developing a strategy, getting great people on board, focusing on results, innovating for the future, and leading yourself. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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