Everyday Superhero: How You Can Inspire Everyone And Create Real Change At Work

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Everyday Superhero by Gary Zamchick, Tony O'Driscoll An illustrated business allegory that reveals the simple secret behind organisational changeAre you struggling to create profound, lasting change in your organisation?Everyday Superhero is a simple story with a powerful solution. Meet a stressed young manager, Mae B, whose teams are being led by an authoritarian CEO. We join her on her mission to overhaul the outdated leadership systems obsessed by power, profit and process and fight for central leadership that prioritises people, purpose and principles.Its the start of a journey into a new vision of leadership, one that has been designed to take on the challenges that organisations face today. And if we follow Mae Bs lead, we can all create change, when we need it most.Developed from the authors academic research at Duke University, this memorable adventure will help you create lasting change in complex and chaotic times. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Tony ODriscoll is a professor at Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business and a Research Fellow at Duke Corporate Education. He was a founding member of IBM Global Services Strategy and Change consulting practice where he consulted at the highest level with business executives on creating competitive advantage in increasingly complex environments. Tony has authored articles in Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times, Strategy and Business and Dialogue. He has published two books on learning and organization performance.Gary Zamchick illustrated the best-selling French for Cats book series and has drawn illustrations in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has also facilitated new product ideation sessions with Amex, IBM, Wells Fargo, Verizon, Citibank, Coca-Cola and Marriott amongst others. Gary has worked in and out of world class technology labs and design firms. He served as a strategic designer within AT&T Labs Research and Cornell Tech and as envisioner for the experiential architecture firm Rockwell Group. He currently teaches computer science at Columbia. Gary is also a co-founder of Words Eye, a first-of-its-kind technology startup enabling anyone to create 3D scenes by simply describing them. Review Every company is full of Everyday Superheroes that can take your organization to the next level. This powerful book tells the story of how leaders can unlock every employees superpower to create lasting change * Dorie Clark, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game and executive education faculty, Duke University Fuqua School of Business *We ask our people and teams to achieve the impossible without giving them the environment, autonomy and tools to succeed. Everyday Superhero shows how leaders can change this in an extremely engaging format * Alex Osterwalder, bestselling author of Business Model Generation, The Value Proposition Canvas, and the Invincible Company *A page-turner that illustrates how Mae leads without authority and applies a people-centered approach to motivate her organization to save the world. Read this story and learn how to become an Everyday Superhero in your own organization * Keith Ferrazzi, Bestselling author of Never Eat Alone, Leading Without Authority and Competing in the New World of Work *Peter Drucker said that "No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it." Everyday Superhero integrates artful storytelling and thoughtful research to show how Mae, an average middle-manager, applies a People-Centered approach to orchestrate the energy of those around her to achieve the impossible * Richard Straub, President Global Peter Drucker Forum *Through charming characters, poignant humor, and his arsenal of knowledge, ODriscoll gives us the tools necessary to make those long-needed changes within our organizations. It is a must-read, a thoughtful primer full of important information for those of us who want to make meaningful changes both within the communities that surround us, as well as within ourselves! * Sanyin Siang, Professor, Duke University, Superpowers Expert and Thinkers 50 #1 Executive Coach *An entertaining tale with a serious message. Too often, organizations resort to conformity and control instead of creativity and autonomy - and we all pay the price. But if we enlist Maes epic journey as our guide, we can rebuild our institutions with people at the center and progress as the result * Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, To Sell is Human and When *As the project economy advances and our work becomes a set of projects, we will need more "Middle-Out" leaders like Mae who apply a "People-Centered" approach to changing the business. Everyday Superhero is an engaging story that reveals the core principles leaders at every level must learn and apply to successfully transform their business * Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez, author Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook *The human capacity to imagine is what makes the difference between incremental change and the paradigm shifts and pivots required to truly transform an organization. Everyday Superhero chronicles how Mae B injects new life into her company by making the leadership shifts required to unlock the collective imagination within her organization to save the world. The book itself is very imaginative, leveraging the power of graphic storytelling to bring a significant body of recent management research to life in an immersive and engaging manner. Definitely NOT a typical worthy-but-slightly-dull business book! * Martin Reeves, Chairman, BCG Henderson Institute and Author The Imagination Machine *Everyday Superhero is a whole new category of business book. Its ground breaking portrayal through story holds lessons for us all as Mae works her network from the middle-out to forge connections and encourage boundary-spanning innovation that enables her organization to save the world. Anyone seeking to understand how to avoid collaborative overload and tap into the discretionary effort that lies dormant in organizations today should read this book! * Rob Cross, Edward A. Madden Professor of Leadership at Babson College and author of Collaborative Overload *Can each of us make a difference? Without a brand? Without a title? Without, well, super status? Yes, we can. Simply by standing in that spot in the world only one stands. Onlyness. This book reminds us that were each more than capable but we need to know how to navigate the contexts around us. Mae teaches us how. Kapow, Shazam, and BOOM: Innovation happens * Nilofer Merchant, Innovator and Author, Power of Onlyness * Review Quote Everyday Superhero is an entertaining tale with a serious message. Too often, organizations resort to conformity and control instead of creativity and autonomy - and we all pay the price. But if we enlist Maes epic journey as our guide, we can rebuild our institutions with people at the center and progress as the result Promotional "Headline" An illustrated business allegory that reveals the simple secret behind organisational change Details ISBN0241502780 Author Tony ODriscoll Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 0241502780 ISBN-13 9780241502785 Publication Date 2022-03-31 UK Release Date 2022-03-31 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Business Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 192 Subtitle How You Can Inspire Everyone And Create Real Change At Work Illustrator Gladys Jose Edited by Gillian The New York Times Magazine Birth 1927 Affiliation Clark University Position journalist Qualifications PsyD Alternative 9780241991626 DEWEY 658.4092 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-07-04 AU Release Date 2022-07-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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