Shockproof (E-Book) von Debra Jacobs

ForewordPaul Jacobs vii

Prologue A Shockproof Future ix

Chapter 1 Beware the Big Blue Catsh 1

Chapter 2 Headlines or Tombstones? 23

Chapter 3 Make Sure the Strategy Is Not Wrong 49

Chapter 4 Beyond Boxes and Lines 77

Chapter 5 Carbon Paper? Really?! 107

Chapter 6 Connections and Calibrations 153

Chapter 7 Be the Leader You Seek 199

Chapter 8 Pass the Salt 241

Notes 257

Acknowledgments 264

Index 267

As performance lags in the midst of economic cycles, many companies turn to magic bullets such as EVA, Kaizen, or Six Sigma. Unfortunately, these initiatives-along with how they're implemented-often deliver only short-term positive impact or cause more pain than the preexisting condition.

Returning to competitive health and profitability in the face of economic downturns requires a dynamic realignment of business strategies, organizational design, and talent management. Based on timely research conducted by Axiom Consulting Partners, Shockproof empowers and enables business leaders, owners and managers to make and maintain the necessary connection between strategies and organization to achieve sustainable performance.

• Create an agile business that can rapidly reinvent itself as business conditions change
• Foster leadership that knows how to mobilize people to execute and deliver results
• Build a workforce that is adaptive, inherently innovative, and energized by the rewards of success

As priorities change and challenges arise throughout the ebbs and flows of the economic cycle, let Shockproof guide you to reinvent your company and deliver sustained profitable growth in good times and bad.

Axiom Consulting Partners'DEBRA JACOBS, GARRETT SHERIDAN, andJUAN PABLO GONZÁLEZ have dedicated their careers to helping leaders and their organizations achieve their strategic objectives. As executives, advisors, speakers, and authors, they have helped clients across the globe align business strategy, organization design, and talent to improve execution and business results. Each has a deep appreciation of the complexity within today's business environment and what it takes for leaders to guide their organizations toward lasting success.

To learn more, visitAxiomConsultingPartners.com