The Centerless Corporation A New Model for Transforming Your Organization for Growth and Prosperity

In today's fast-paced global business environment, the conventional model of the corporation and its management principles no longer deliver results. Economic upheaval, changing demographics, and technological revolution have forever altered the requirements for running a business today. Now, in response,The Centerless Corporationpresents a radical new corporate model -- designed for your organization's survival, growth, and prosperity.Drawing on groundbreaking research they conducted at Booz Allen & Hamilton, Bruce A. Pasternack and Albert J. Viscio offer a comprehensive strategy for managing in turbulent times. To deal with increasing complexity, they contend, leaders must abandon their command-and-control mentality and establish a model in which responsibility and accountability are distributed throughout the organization, employees are regarded as valued resources, and knowledge flows freely. Illustrating their ideas with invaluable real-life examples, Pasternack and Viscio explain how to attract and develop leaders, build coherence to unite all parts of an organization, and restructure business units and corporate roles to add value rather than overhead.

Bruce Pasternack and Albert Viscio are the founding partners of Booz • Allen & Hamilton's Strategic Leadership Practice, which focuses on serving top management of the world's corporations in areas of organization, leadership, transformation, and corporate renewal. They have over thirty years of combined experience with this prestigious global management and technology consulting firm and have published extensively in the areas of growth, globalization, people strategy, and leadership.