Book Description
IS YOUR CORPORATE CULTURE SUFFOCATING YOU?
Written by one of the world's leading management consultants, Evolutionary Leadership offers a vibrant style of leadership that will enlighten executives and inspire them to rethink their companies in an ever-changing economy. With business practices changing every day, companies must create environments of speed and flexibility that will engage employees and allow radical ideas to thrive. Susan Annunzio takes readers beyond typical management-speak, offering a blueprint for leading by
* promoting environments that succeed amid constant change.
* igniting passion for saving America's traditional businesses.
* thinking about where your company is heading and how to get there.
With real-world examples, Annunzio shows how to create a more productive working environment by attacking traditional priorities in unconventional ways.
Amazon.com
Susan Annunzio's eLeadership is designed for savvy Old Economy managers who recognize that things like telecommuting and T-1 lines are in their futures, but who aren't exactly sure how to integrate such aspects of the techno-revolution into their organizations without sacrificing control and their current positions. Change-management specialist Annunzio says that established structures and cultures must first be transformed, and the key is a flexible but fast-paced leadership style rooted in a five-step process that "will show you how to attack your environmental problems, how to model and encourage the right behavior, and how to make your words and actions match--so you can speed up your organization, inspire your young, cynical, or dispirited employees, and move forward into the New Economy." The crux of her plan is the 20/60/20 Rule, which calls for using the top 20 percent of a workforce to influence the middle 60 percent and diminish the power of the bottom 20 percent. In detailing this and other principles (Ask the Unaskable, Speak the Unspeakable; Make Loud Statements; Communicate Irreverently; Celebrate Heroes), Annunzio incorporates real-life examples and practical checklists to help ease a transition that will fundamentally alter any business that employs them.
--Howard Rothman
From Publishers Weekly
Annunzio, consultant with Nextera Enterprises, says that today's CEOs and managers must take a fresh approach to work, even if they're not actively involved in the Internet economy. With changes occurring almost continuously, executives need to recruit the best employees, encourage radical thinking and foster communication (especially among younger workers). Annunzio gives a rare and detailed treatment of the workplace relationship between generations X and Y. Enhanced by real-life examples, her points are sharpened by bulleted lists.
From Booklist
Annunzio is a consultant specializing in leadership, communication, and e-business transformation; has taught business at Chicago's Depaul University; and is an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago. She is also a partner at Nextera, part of the Knowledge Universe consulting and training conglomerate headed by Michael Milken. Annunzio is certainly not the first to make the case that successful companies today must react quickly and be flexible. But while others have offered strategies and proposed organizational structures best suited to this new environment, Annunzio (with the help of coauthor Liesse) focuses on leadership skills. She argues that today's successful leader requires skills and qualities "quite different from the old command-and-control leaders of yesterday": honesty, responsiveness, vigilance, a willingness to learn (and relearn), a sense of adventure, vision, and altruism. Communicating well is key, says Annunzio, as she spotlights differences in the philosophies and viewpoints between the baby-boom generation and that of the so-called "X" and "Y" generations.
David Rouse
From AudioFile
Chicago-based consultant Susan Annunzio offers a concise lesson on leading in the Information Age. Though her speaking style is flat, her ideas and writing are decidedly not as she shows how technological change impacts the challenges of leadership. The speed of today's workplace can separate workers on the basis of age, computer literacy, educational level, communication style, intellectual flexibility, and comfort with hierarchical organizational structures. Annunzio integrates a wide range of forces and funnels her ideas into clear lessons about how to lead in this environment. She is especially articulate about the new way free-agent employees define themselves, the shift from material to intellectual products, and the renewed emphasis on fast and effective customer service. T.W.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)21.4 width:(cm)13.9
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这本书对我最大的影响在于它重塑了我对“领导力”本身的定义。作者避开了对个人魅力或权力结构的传统描绘,转而将领导力定义为“系统校准的能力”,即在宏大演化压力下,引导系统朝着更高复杂度方向调整的能力。这种去中心化的领导观,让我开始思考在我的团队中,如何通过优化反馈机制和信息流动,而非强力干预,来实现整体效能的提升。书中引用的古代哲学思想与现代控制论的结合,形成了一种既有深度又有温度的论述风格,既有冰冷的理性分析,又不失对人类境遇的深刻关怀。全书的论证逻辑如同一部精密的钟表,每一个齿轮都咬合得天衣无缝,从提出问题到构建理论,再到最后的实践指导,都遵循着严密的内在统一性。阅读过程仿佛经历了一场智力上的马拉松,虽然过程艰辛,但抵达终点时,所获得的视野和洞察力是无可替代的宝贵财富。
评分这本书的结构设计非常巧妙,它仿佛是一个多维度的迷宫,每走一步都能发现新的出口通往更广阔的视野。我尤其欣赏它在不同知识领域之间搭建桥梁的能力。它没有局限于单一学科的视角,而是大量借鉴了生态学中的“竞争与共生”理论,并将其巧妙地迁移到了现代企业间的合作与对抗关系中。这种跨学科的综合运用,极大地丰富了分析工具箱。令我印象深刻的是作者对“时间尺度”的强调,他提醒我们,许多组织层面的困境,其实是由于决策者将数十年乃至数百年的演化过程,压缩到了季度报告的周期内所导致的认知错位。这种对时间维度的敏感性,迫使我开始以更长远的眼光去评估当下的战略决策。书中的语言凝练,信息密度极高,几乎每一句话都蕴含着值得推敲的深意,这使得阅读成为一种需要高度专注的智力活动,也正是这种挑战性,让最终的收获显得格外珍贵。
评分这本书的引人入胜之处在于它对我们理解组织变革和人类发展模式的深刻洞察。作者以一种近乎诗意的笔触,描绘了从早期部落协作到现代跨国企业的演进轨迹,特别是对“适应性”这一核心概念的探讨,让人耳目一新。它不仅仅是罗列历史事件,更是在挖掘深层次的驱动力——那种在不确定性中寻求生存和繁荣的本能。我特别欣赏作者对“涌现”现象的剖析,即复杂系统如何从简单的互动中自发地产生出更高级的结构和智慧。这种视角让我重新审视了日常工作中的许多看似随机的事件,意识到它们背后可能隐藏着更宏大、更具目的性的演化逻辑。阅读过程中,我不断地停下来,思考自己在职业生涯中所经历的几次重大转型,并试图将书中的理论模型套入其中,进行反刍和验证。这种互动性极强的阅读体验,使得这本书远超一本普通的商业理论著作,更像是一部关于生命与组织共同进化的哲学探讨。全书的叙事节奏张弛有度,既有宏观历史的磅礴气势,又不乏对微观个体决策的细腻描摹,构建了一个完整而自洽的理论框架。
评分我对这本书中关于“韧性”(Resilience)的部分印象最为深刻,它不像传统管理学书籍那样,将韧性视为一种静态的缓冲能力,而是将其阐释为一种动态的、甚至是“好斗的”进化策略。作者通过一系列生动的案例,展示了那些在危机中不仅幸存下来,反而借力打力,实现了能力跃迁的组织形态。这种“受创即进化”的观点,颠覆了我过去对风险规避的固有认知。我感觉到,这本书的语言风格非常具有穿透力,它拒绝使用那些陈词滥调的管理术语,而是直接触及问题的本质。比如,书中对“路径依赖”的批判,犀利而精准,指出了僵化结构对未来可能性的扼杀作用。读完后,我感觉自己对“失败”的定义都被重塑了,它不再是终点,而是一个高能级的反馈循环的起点。尽管全书涉及的领域非常广泛,从生物学到社会学,但作者的论证始终保持着令人惊叹的清晰度和逻辑严谨性,确保了读者能够紧跟其思绪,而不至于迷失在庞杂的知识海洋中。
评分读完这本厚重的著作,我的感受是复杂而充满启发的,它像一面棱镜,折射出组织生命体运行的复杂光芒。我被作者对“非线性增长”的描述深深吸引,那种描述组织能力如何通过“临界点突破”实现指数级飞跃的段落,读起来简直令人热血沸腾。它提供了一种看待组织增长的全新范式,不再是线性的、可预测的积累,而是充满突变和跳跃的动态过程。书中关于“冗余”价值的讨论也十分精辟,它挑战了我们一味追求效率最大化的传统观念,指出在不确定的未来中,适度的非必要性结构恰恰是抵抗系统性风险的关键“进化储备”。这本书的排版和设计也体现了一种对清晰度的追求,图表虽然不多,但都精准地服务于核心论点,没有一丝多余的装饰。它像一位经验丰富的老船长,在风暴来临前,用最简洁的语言指明方向,既给予了深刻的警告,也提供了坚定的信念。
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