Superfast

Lead at speed - Shortlisted for Best Leadership Book at the Business Book Awards

Sophie Devonshire

• Publisher: John Murray
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781473666160
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473663015
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Strategy
• Index: Business

In today's fast-paced world, leaders need to move at speed. The rate of innovation and change in organisations and the challenges of impatient investors or shareholders mean leadership decisions must be quick, smart and deliver real impact.
Superfast provides cutting edge inspiration and a host of exciting ideas about how to accelerate performance in an agile and thoughtful way, shedding new light on leading in a world which is fluid and uncertain. You'll learn the practical solutions to leadership questions which the most savvy global leaders employ, and map your own shortcut to personal and professional success.
Leadership is not just about moving fast, however. Superfast will show you how to use your time in the smartest, most efficient way possible - slowing down when necessary to get decisions right and accelerating elsewhere to unlock growth.
Stop waiting around. Superfast will give you the tools to lead well and make change happen.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 The pace race Why repeated pace-setting is an essential leadership practice
• 2 Time is finite – energy isn’t The secret to delivering with stamina and speed
• 3 Purpose drives pace The accelerating power of a true mission
• 4 Structure for speed Fast frameworks
• 5 Editing is expediting The ‘less’ lesson of Superfast
• 6 Human understanding Know your audience, know your team, know yourself
• 7 Truth Candour, conflict and the helpfulness of honesty
• 8 The power of the pause Thinking slowly, smartly
• 9 Hire smart, fire fast How to say hello to the best and goodbye to the worst
• 10 Decide, delegate and deliver Think slowly – act fast
• Epilogue A happy ending
• Pace-setter profiles
• Additional sources
• Acknowledgements
• Image credits