{"product_id":"speed-lead-kevan-hall-9781857883749","title":"Speed Lead: Faster, Simpler Ways to Manage People, Projects and Teams in Complex Companies","description":"\u003cb\u003eSuccess can make you slow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today's managers waste an estimated 40 percent of their time on unnecessary cooperation, communication and control. Old-fashioned management skills are too expensive and slow to use in today's complex companies. When great companies grow they become more complex. This complexity starts to undermine what made the company successful: the organization slows down, it is more difficult to get things done and it becomes a less satisfying workplace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his work with talented people from hundreds of the world's leading companies. Kevan discovered that they spend over 80 percent of their time on cooperation, communication and control - and that up to 50 percent of that time is wasted. Organized around 4 Cs - Cooperation, Communication, Control and Community - \u003ci\u003eSpeed Lead \u003c\/i\u003edistills the experience of more than 35,000 people in over 200 of the world's leading companies. The resulting radical view has enabled organizations to unravel the spaghetti of complexity, reduce project cycle times, build closer business relationships and curb the costs of unnecessary travel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContrary to current leadership wisdom, \u003ci\u003eSpeed Lead\u003c\/i\u003e advises to: celebrate the end of teams where you don't need them; abolish meetings of the bored; take control of the \"crack-berry\" and don't be a 24-hour control freak; expect more from your people and lead a lot less; make \"good-enough\" decisions; and, don't let diversity be a diversion - share practices, not values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevan Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1857883748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781857883749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Brealey Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.32w x 0.82d","brand":"Kevan Hall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44634584514815,"sku":"9781857883749","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00571cbe-da0f-41bc-9653-f800eb14a7d7.jpg?v=1703589986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speed-lead-kevan-hall-9781857883749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}