The Seven Disciplines of Breakthrough Results (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781733977920)

Discover the essential disciplines that produce breakthrough results for public sector leaders seeking to deliver exceptionally transformative outcomes in highly complex and challenging environments.

In the world of leadership, there are many promising beginnings but few triumphant endings due to underestimated complexities, particularly in the public sector. Yet, valuable resources to support public leaders on the journey to high performance remain scarce. The Seven Disciplines of Breakthrough Results: How to Predictably Achieve High Performance for Director-Generals, Chief Executive Officers, Executive Secretaries, Permanent Secretaries, Directors, and Senior Leadership Teams in the Public Sector unveils a meticulously crafted roadmap to achieve unparalleled success in public sector leadership.

Drawing on over twenty-eight years of hands-on experience and strategic consultation across Africa, Dr. Bolaji Olagunju, seasoned leadership expert, has distilled within this book the seven core disciplines behind transformational results, including strategies for navigating political pressures, bureaucratic inertia, and other challenges of public leadership.

When effectively executed, these disciplines can radically transform outcomes for leaders in the most challenging environments:

1. Dialogue: Building trust through effective communication.

2. Discover: Identifying key opportunities for success.

3. Diagnose: Uncovering the root causes of organizational issues to facilitate data-driven decisions for maximum impact.

4. Design: Moving from vision to actionable strategies and structures.

5. Delegate: Empowering teams to implement strategies and achieve peak performance.

6. Drive: Converting ideas and strategies into measurable results.

7. Deliver: Setting up systems and infrastructures to institutionalize high performance within organizations.

This is more than a book; it's a call to action and blueprint for leaders committed to making a lasting difference. Transform your leadership approach and deliver extraordinary outcomes.