Scaling up excellence : getting to more without settling for less
by Sutton, Robert I. (Author), Rao, Hayagreeva, 1959- (Author)
Summary
"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"-- Full description
- 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.