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4.0 out of 5 stars
Very zen and excellent food for thought!,
This review is from: Broaden the Vision and Narrow the Focus: Managing in a World of Paradox (Hardcover)
In a world with far too many people who are willing to look for (and sell) cheap answers, simplistic solutions, soothing bromides, and threadbare ideas, it is refreshing and encouraging to read a book from a consultant who know the real cost of performance and excellence. Well organized and written with valuable ideas on the pros and cons of many generic issues/strategies. Amongst the 20 paradoxes/chapters in 4 categories of leadership, culture, talent and strategy which you may refer to in the content page, the four most impressive ones are 5) Focus on results and ignore results; 7) Broaden the vision and narrow the focus; 9) Communicate more and filter the information; 14) Increase pressure and reduce stress. In short, highly recommended!
p.s. Below please find some of my favorite passages for your reference. Ask Big Questions: Vision-Why should we exist and absorb capital? Mission- What major things should we do to achieve our vision? Critical Success Factors? Our objectives? Values-What should our cultural design look like? What is our identity? Behaviors- What are the rules of engagement? The secret to success is constancy to purpose. - Benjamin Disraeli pg37 In strategy, it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things. - Myamoto Masabi pg63 If in the long run we are the makers of our own fate, in the short run we are the captives of the ideas we have created. - Hayek pg65 It is not the quantity, but the pertinence of your words that does the business. - Seneca pg71 It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. - Diogenes Laertius pg95 Hasten slowly. - Suetonius pg111 We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and these interests it is our duty to follow. - Lord Palmerston pg137 Money is no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender. - Ralph Waldo Emerson pg153 |
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Broaden the Vision and Narrow the Focus: Managing in a World of Paradox by J. R. Lucas (Hardcover - November 30, 2005)
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