The Business of Excellence: Building high-performance teams and organizations - Softcover

Hughes, Justin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472953592 ISBN 13: 9781472953599

Publisher: Bloomsbury Business, 2018

Synopsis

The Business of Excellence offers a unique and compelling perspective on the drivers of excellence in teams and organizations. The author, Justin Hughes, brings an unusual mix of experience and insight, having worked as a management consultant to some of the world's most successful organizations, in addition to having served for 12 years as a military fighter pilot, where he became Executive Officer on the RAF Red Arrows. The challenges of high performance and leadership are explored in depth, and are illustrated with insights, interviews and case studies from the military, sporting and corporate worlds., The material includes a proprietary performance model that can be applied to a wide spectrum of organizations, focusing on: * People: the primacy of attitude over skills * Capability: building alignment before setting people free * Delivery: a process to close the gap between desired and actual outcomes * Learning: how to accelerate performance in real time * Leadership: exhibiting a set of behaviours such that others choose to follow * Risk: avoiding the victory of compliance over outcomes. In The Business of Excellence, Justin deconstructs the drivers of high performance with a rare clarity, insight and accessibility, to illustrate and explain tangible tools and methods, all of which can be applied by readers in their own teams and organizations.

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Any leader who is striving to create a high performance team environment should read this gem of a book from cover to cover! It deserves to become the execution manual for any team or organisation that aims to achieve operational excellence. - Costas Markides, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Holder of the Robert Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership, London Business School

Justin Hughes' experience as a fighter pilot is highly relevant to teams everywhere. In The Business of Excellence, he has offered a vivid, compelling and highly readable insight into building world-leading teams and organizations. - --Dr Catherine Raines, Chief Executive, UK Trade & Investment

A new, fresh and engaging perspective on leadership and the creation of high-performance organisations through the lens of somebody with first-hand experience... the clarity and accessibility of the insights mark this book out as truly excellent. - Sir David Walker, former Master of the Queen's Household

Justin Hughes is that rare breed of consultant and commentator who has been there and done it. Combine that with strong values and outstanding communication skills and you have someone worth listening to. - --David Bellamy, CEO, St James' Place

This is a book, above all, about delivering great outcomes whatever challenges are thrown up on the way. A recommended read for any team or business leader wanting to take performance to the next level. - Ian Jeffery, CEO and Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP

In The Business of Excellence, Justin Hughes articulates a clear strategy for the pursuit of excellence coming from his many years of experience as a fighter pilot and entrepreneur. I am a big fan of learning from other environments and highly recommend it. - --Paddy Lowe, Executive Director, Mercedes Grand Prix

Book Description

Uses first-hand experiences from high-performance operations to provide invaluable leadership lessons, and offers accessible and practical insights on managing teams

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Business
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1472953592
• ISBN 13: 9781472953599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360