Fix It: Getting Accountability Right - Hardcover

Connors, Roger; Smith, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591847877 ISBN 13: 9781591847878

Publisher: Portfolio, 2016

Synopsis

From the world’s leading experts on workplace accountability comes the most comprehensive study on the subject, revealing the cure that could fix low employee engagement in the workplace once and for all

One factor, more than any other, causes the problems business leaders fear most. Lackluster performance, sinking profits, and unmet stockholder expectations all stem from one source: a massive decline in em­ployee engagement. Rather than blaming employees themselves for the decline, however, the Workplace Accountability Study reveals how to fix it: the secret lies with those who lead and manage our organiza­tions. To inspire employees to be fully engaged, men­tally and emotionally, in their work, leaders must first and foremost fix accountability—in themselves, their teams, and the entire enterprise.
 
But how? To answer that question, Roger Con­nors and Tom Smith—cofounders of Partners In Leadership, the Accountability Training and Culture Change Company, and the authors of the New York Times bestseller The Oz Principle, the definitive bible on workplace accountability—have joined forces with three expert field practitioners. The resulting book not only presents eye-opening insights drawn from the authors’ three-year, first-of-its-kind Workplace Accountability Study, it also offers 240 proven solu­tions advanced by 120 successful leaders interviewed exclusively for this book. Their combined wisdom can help you solve every conceivable accountability prob­lem, whenever and wherever it pops up.
 
Since one size does not fit all in today’s chal­lenging business environment, this official sequel to The Oz Principle provides an innovative, self-directed journey into accountability that enables you to tailor solutions to your own unique situation. Fix It tack­les the 16 Accountability Traits consistently found in highly accountable, effective people, teams, and organizations, and it guides you to the ones you need to fix right now.
 
 You will design your personally tailored path through the book:
1.     In Part 1, you create your Fix It Bucket List by taking the three-minute Fix It Assessment.
2.     In Part 2, you spend fifteen minutes reading about the Accountability Trait in question.
3.     In Part 3, you explore several tried-and-true solu­tions that will work for you, your team, or your entire organization.
 
Fix It is destined to become an indispensable leadership and management resource for resolving any pressing problem in your organization. Whatever you need, from more accountability and ownership to greater engage­ment and leadership, this book will help you get the results you need. For more information, visit: www.fixit-book.com

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About the Author

ROGER CONNORS and TOM SMITH are cofounders of Partners In Leadership, the Accountability Training and Culture Change Company, with thousands of clients all over the world. They are the coauthors of the New York Times bestselling books The Oz Principle, How Did That Happen?, Change the Culture, Change the Game, and The Wisdom of Oz.
 
Joining them is thirty-year veteran writer and practitioner CRAIG HICKMAN, a coauthor of The Oz Principle and a partner at Partners In Leadership.
 
Also contributing are TRACY SKOUSEN and MARCUS NICOLLS, both senior partners at Partners In Leadership and distinguished prac­titioners and executive coaches of the Partners In Leadership Accountability Methodology.

Language Notes

The hugely popular bestselling authors of The Oz Principle take readers to the next level of experiencing the results of personal and team accountability by revealing the sixteen accountability traits that lie at the heart of success for individuals and organizations. They also provide practical advice on how to “fix it” and get back on track for turning in the kinds of results that make careers and transform organizations.

Since it was originally published in 1994, The Oz Principle has become the worldwide bible on accountability. Now Roger Connors and Tom Smith, along with field practitioners Craig Hickman, Tracy Skousen, and Marcus Nicolls, add another important plank in The Oz Principle series.

In Fix It, the authors present the startling results of their Workplace Accountability Study—conducted over three years, involving more than forty thousand participants from organizations across the globe: the most comprehensive study on workplace accountability ever conducted.

When accountability is not working on the job, in the team or the organization as a whole, everyone is left asking how to fix it. Using never-before-published research and firsthand stories and practices from more than one hundred respected global executives, Fix It provides a practical and definitive guide that will become the troubleshooting handbook of choice, designed to assist the reader in knowing exactly how to fix it and get real results.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Portfolio
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1591847877
• ISBN 13: 9781591847878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416