Lead for Speed
eBook - ePub

Lead for Speed

How to build an organisation that delivers at pace

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lead for Speed

How to build an organisation that delivers at pace

About this book

Why do some organisations consistently deliver while others struggle?

It isn't that they work harder. It's that they know how to turn decisions into action and ideas into results faster. They've learned how to turn strategy and policy into delivery – quickly, consistently and at scale.

Yet many organisations aren't designed to deliver. Projects stall, opportunities are missed and talented people spend more time navigating systems than delivering outcomes.

In a fast-changing world, the cost of slow delivery has never been higher. Whether it's government policy or business strategy, those that succeed adapt quickly, make faster decisions and translate ambition into action.

Lead for Speed provides a practical blueprint for transforming organisational performance.

It shows leaders in government, public services or private companies how to remove the barriers that hold progress back and build an organisation capable of sustained delivery.

Drawing on more than forty years' experience of advising governments, public bodies and private sector organisations, Margaret Exley shares the principles and practices that make delivering at pace possible, without sacrificing quality, engagement or good judgement.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

  • build a culture where delivery becomes everyone's focus.
  • make better, faster decisions and execute with confidence.
  • align accountability, ownership and momentum across the organisation.
  • build lasting organisational capability that delivers results.
  • use communication to energise and mobilise.


Grounded in decades of real-world experience, Lead for Speed is a proven framework for leading organisations that don't just make plans, but make things happen.

Information

Year
2026
Print ISBN
9781917490610
eBook ISBN
9781917490627

Table of contents

  1. Prologue
  2. 1 Introduction: why it matters and the guiding principles
  3. 2 Strategy and policy: the delivery required should be clear, achievable and tested
  4. 3 A culture of delivery: building the organisation’s engine
  5. 4 How to organise for delivery (keep it simple)
  6. 5 Enabling not disabling processes for speed: the role of technology and AI
  7. 6 How to ensure quick and efficient decision making
  8. 7 Leadership for delivery and speed
  9. 8 Communicating for speed: energising storytelling
  10. 9 The role of the board and the top team in securing speed
  11. 10 Making it happen: what to do and in what order
  12. Bibliography
  13. My appreciation and thanks
  14. About the author

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