4x4 Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm

William Winston, H H Bradshaw

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9780789004437
• eBook ISBN: 9781317957652
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Most executive leaders will tell you they're constantly striving to move their organizations toward some envisioned future, a future that includes increased trade, company and employee self-confidence, and customer satisfaction. And yet, this goal is often elusive because few executives possess the required know-how. But now, in 4X4 Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm, you'll find how you can successfully move the levers of change that will make this threefold dream a reality for you and your company.

In 4X4 Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm, 25 years of hands-on experience from some of the country's most senior vice presidents and CEOs is at your fingertips. You'll find out what top executives really worry about and how they use their influence in order to orchestrate positive change. In this book's integrated, systematic model, you'll tap into the synergy in the enduring architectural components that sustain any company--assets, people, organization, and systems--and discover in yourself the honorable and persistent executive leader who's waiting to take charge. Specifically, you'll read about:

• the ultimate destination--trade
• how to successfully manipulate the four levers of change to increase trade
• the management of self-esteem
• customers--their needs, wants, hopes, and worries
  
  While most books on management and leadership training focus only on one or two methodologies, 4X4 Leadership and the Purpose of the Firm is an overall, systemic model that is both professional and practical. Its "big picture" overview will give sharp focus to the often blurry and indistinct nature of organizational goals. You'll uncover revolutionary insights on financial and behavioral change and see that the organization-wide improvements you're dreaming about are only a memo or phone call away.

Index

Page numbers followed by the letter “f” indicate figures.

Abarta, Inc., 118

Acceptance, importance of organization’s purpose, 102

Accomplishment

definition of, 143

as human desire, 21

measures of, 143

Achievement

for building self-esteem, 141–142

conditions for, 141–142

definition of, 132, 143

and environment, 145–146

example of, 141

goals for, 142

goals for, 140

guidelines for, 140

as human desire, 21

learning of, 140

list for defining of, 144–145

measures of, 143

of self-esteem, 139–147

Achievement-oriented people, directions for, 139–140

Acquisitions

as differentiation strategy, 58–59

example of, 59

as form of trade, 26

used in change, 32

Actions, in self-respect, 132

ADM. See Archer Daniels Midland, example of ethics

ADP. See Automatic Data Processing Corporation

Advisor, role of, 43

to senior management, 24

Agner, Bud

concentrating on trade, 40–41

showing recognition, 152

American Home Products, traditional pyramid strategy, 97

Analysis of failure, 29

Archer Daniels Midland, example of ethics, 174

Architectural components, illustrations of, 78f

Architectural elements

changes in, 134

levers of, 211

Architectural featur...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• About The Author
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Section I: The Destination—Trade
• Section II: Strategic Identity and the Four Levers of Change
• Section III: The Management of Self-Esteem
• Section IV: Customers—The Point of it all
• Index