ISBN: 9798996757213 - Fighting Kingdoms of Mediocrity: Building Flywheels of Excellence (6 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Every organization says it wants excellence. Most quietly settle for less.Inside every company there is a gravity that pulls toward mediocrity - constant, patient, and strongest precisely when things are going well. Left unopposed, it teaches talented people to give less than they have, tolerates the underperformer everyone can see, and rewards the politics of managing upward over the substance of the work. The result is what Rafael calls a Kingdom of Mediocrity: an organization that still functions, still ships, still files its reports - while quietly performing far below what it could be.This book is about the alternative, and how to build it. Drawing on more than two decades leading transformations, turnarounds, and integrations across four continents, Rafael sets out the system behind organizations that compound performance instead of eroding it. He calls it a Flywheel of Excellence: a self-reinforcing loop of trust, true meritocracy, and an ownership mindset that, once turning, sustains its own momentum.Part diagnosis and part playbook, Fighting Kingdoms of Mediocrity shows how the very structure that traps companies in mediocrity can be reversed to drive durable excellence - and why doing so is not only the most profitable choice a leader can make, but the most human.The gravity of mediocrity never stops pulling. The work of building excellence is never finished. You cannot escape the choice. You can only make it, consciously, and well.Rafael Z. A. C. Goncalves writes the Unlock Growth newsletter. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Goncalves, Gisela L (illustrator).…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Every organization says it wants excellence. Most quietly settle for less.Inside every company there is a gravity that pulls toward mediocrity - constant, patient, and strongest precisely when things are going well. Left unopposed, it teaches talented people to give less than they have, tolerates the underperformer everyone can see, and rewards the politics of managing upward over the substance of the work. The result is what Rafael calls a Kingdom of Mediocrity: an organization that still functions, still ships, still files its reports - while quietly performing far below what it could be.This book is about the alternative, and how to build it. Drawing on more than two decades leading transformations, turnarounds, and integrations across four continents, Rafael sets out the system behind organizations that compound performance instead of eroding it. He calls it a Flywheel of Excellence: a self-reinforcing loop of trust, true meritocracy, and an ownership mindset that, once turning, sustains its own momentum.Part diagnosis and part playbook, Fighting Kingdoms of Mediocrity shows how the very structure that traps companies in mediocrity can be reversed to drive durable excellence - and why doing so is not only the most profitable choice a leader can make, but the most human.The gravity of mediocrity never stops pulling. The work of building excellence is never finished. You cannot escape the choice. You can only make it, consciously, and well.Rafael Z. A. C. Goncalves writes the Unlock Growth newsletter. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Goncalves, Gisela L (illustrator).…