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Harness the Power of Collaboration
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Narrated by:
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Zack Sage
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Bill Adams Jr.
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YOUR WAY TO A COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION
In these chapters, innovation and transformation expert Bill Adams reveals why a modern-day phenomenon he dubbed “on-the-fly leadership” creates a fallout on the Core Leadership Functions and a blowback effect on the ability of leaders to focus their attention that he calls Attention Deficit Syndrome. Drawing upon years of research and consulting experience in Fortune 50 and high-growth companies, he maintains that knowing how to deal with the fallout and the blowback is an essential part of good leadership in this age of collaboration.
You’ll discover what it takes to compete in the race to out-collaborate competitors. And why the author’s Five Focus Factors are a roadmap to help leaders get the job done. You’ll further be introduced to his AI-driven platform—TARGA—that enables organizations to hyper collaborate and fully gain the competitive advantage.
You will learn how his three Forces of Excellence move the organization closer towards excellence, the “holy grail” of performance. Especially in the post-COVID world, leaders must take notice. There is much at stake not knowing how to outfocus competitors.
Five focus factors to succeed:
- Overcoming the fallout
- Honing attention skills
- Moving the organization
- Leveraging advanced technology
- Attaining hyper collaboration
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