The Organizational Champion: How to Develop Passionate Change Agents at Every Level (MGMT & LEADERSHIP) - Hardcover

Thompson, Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071624864 ISBN 13: 9780071624862

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2009

Synopsis

A new style of leader is emerging from theworld’s most successful organizations. Thesedynamic men and women are driven by possibilitiesand absolutely committed to mutualvalues. Excited, creative, and alert, they arethe new change makers.

Imagine: an army of these outstanding leadersrunning your organization.

The Organizational Champion is a pricelesstool for enacting positive change through theuse of an innovative new leadership model.

Mike Thompson created the OrganizationalChampion philosophy to help such clients asWal-Mart, P&G, Dillard’s, Tyson, VF Corporation,and J.B. Hunt enact positive changein their respective industries. Thompson nowputs his proven leadership method to paperfor the first time.

The Organizational Champion will help youdevelop the personal foundations of solid, innovativeleadership―from cognizance andself-awareness to trustworthiness and theability to inspire. Grounding your leadershipin these firm principles will fully prepareyou to face the unprecedented challenges oftoday’s business landscape. As an organizationalchampion, you will:

• Build global brand trust
• Establish an industry edge
• Execute transformational change
• Inspire high-performance teams
• Drive organizational growth and value

The result of hundreds of interviews withCEOs and executives, thousands of surveys,and untold hours of painstaking research,Thompson’s leadership method will steeryour organization well into the twenty-firstcentury, where profits and growth await.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The New Leadership Model for 21st Century Challenges

The Organizational Champion presents a hands-on process that will break you loose from the limitations of outdated leadership models. By applying the wisdom and insight of organizational development expert Mike Thompson, you will ignite new energy and dynamism into your organization.

Engaging and informative, the book examines the hallmarks of those leaders best equipped to handle the new, complex, and volatile global economy. These organizational champions lead their organizations to greatness by:

• Imagining all possibilities
• Enrolling others in complex change efforts
• Radiating personal energy
• Inspiring company culture

Building trust through mutually beneficial initiatives The Organizational Champion leads you through the process of becoming an exciting, motivating leader--and injecting the same traits into your entire management staff. The result will be an agile, effective organization guaranteed to give your company the edge in your industry.

About the Author:

Mike Thompson is the founder of SVI, a provider of innovative and highly effective leadership solutions to many of the worlds most admired companies, and is a key consultant for Wal-Marts culture and leadership initiatives. He is often a featured professor for John Brown Universitys graduate courses in leadership and ethics. Previously, Thompson founded ThompsonMurray, an advertising firm that grew from a two-person start-up to a multi-million-dollar company serving clients such as P&G, Energizer, Michelin, and Coca-Cola.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0071624864
• ISBN 13: 9780071624862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272