Connecting Top Managers Developing Executive

Improving executive teamwork is the fastest, best way to improve engagement, retention, productivity, agility, and overall business performance. Now, two renowned leadership consultants show how to objectively assess current leadership team performancehellip; move individual "superstars" towards wholehearted collaborationhellip; overcome disconnects between leadership and everyone elsehellip; translate leadership team excellence into extraordinary results.

Jim Taylor and Lisa Haneberg share a passion for helping leaders do their best work through practices, actions, habits, and a vision that catalyzes organizational success. They have each been exploring the keys to senior leader effectiveness throughout their entire careers.

Jim Taylor, President and CEO of MPI Consulting, is a nationally recognized expert in leadership, human resources, and employee/labor relations. Drawing on more than 30 years’ experience, he leads MPI’s strategic direction and operations, and guides a team of consulting experts and professionals, ensuring their integrity and accountability for successful client engagement and relationships. He spent 13 years as a healthcare executive, serving on two senior leadership teams.

Lisa Haneberg serves as Vice President of MPI Consulting and leads the firm’s organizational development practice. She has more than 25 years of experience with organizational development consulting, executive development, as well as training and coaching for companies, government organizations, and nonprofits of all sizes. She specializes in talent management, succession planning, organizational agility and alignment, middle management effectiveness, senior team development, and executive coaching. Her books include Developing Great Managers, The High Impact Middle Manager, and Coaching Up and Down the Generations.

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction A Pack of Top Dogs	p. 1
Who This Book is For	p. 3
Who We Are	p. 3
How the Book is Organized	p. 4
Time Is Precious	p. 4
Endnotes	p. 5
Executive Team Execution	p. 7
Definitions of Success	p. 11
Measures of Success	p. 14
Business Results	p. 20
Financial Performance	p. 20
Customer Retention and Satisfaction	p. 21
Strategic Implementation	p. 22
Daily Team Effectiveness	p. 23
Decision-making Success	p. 24
Relationship Building	p. 25
The Team's Reputation Within the Organization	p. 27
Talent Development	p. 29
Bench Strength and Succession Planning	p. 30
Management Team Capacity	p. 32
Leadership Team Growth	p. 33
The Workplace	p. 34
Organizational Culture	p. 34
Employee Engagement and Retention	p. 35
Organizational Agility	p. 37
Which Indicators Should You Measure?	p. 38
Endnotes	p. 39
The Clash of Titans: Executive Teaming	p. 41
What Is Executive Teaming?	p. 41
Dysfunction Reverberates	p. 42
Holding Yourself to a High Standard	p. 43
Two Executive Teaming Skills	p. 44
Ensure Differences Don't Lead to Clashes	p. 46
Practice Partnership at All Times	p. 51
The Traits of Leadership Team Partnership	p. 53
Shared Purpose	p. 53
Shared Ownership	p. 53
Mutual Trust	p. 54
Critical Thinking	p. 54
Shared Success and Failure	p. 55
Effective Inclusion and Communication	p. 55
Partnership Techniques	p. 56
Don't Try to Control Peers	p. 56
Spend Time Together	p. 56
Resolve Relationship Problems	p. 56
Represent Each Other Well	p. 57
Never Bad Mouth	p. 57
Own Problems and Challenges	p. 58
Be Humble	p. 58
Know Their Needs	p. 59
Working on Your Teaming Skills	p. 60
Endnotes	p. 61
Meetings Are Money	p. 63
The Cost of Meetings Index	p. 64
Value of Meetings Hurdle	p. 65
Why Are You Meeting?	p. 78
Endnotes	p. 81
Culture Is the Context and Often the Answer	p. 83
What Is an Organization's Culture?	p. 85
How Are Organizational Cultures Formed and Changed?	p. 89
Improving the Organization's Culture	p. 91
Define the Desired Culture	p. 93
Define the Current Culture	p. 104
Assess Capacity for Change (C4C)	p. 106
Create Plan for Cultural Improvement	p. 108
Be the Culture	p. 111
Endnotes	p. 117
They Are All Moments of Truth	p. 119
Be Fast or Fail	p. 120
Successful Moments of Truth	p. 123
How to Quickly Make a Positive Impact and Build Relationships	p. 129
Trust	p. 130
Credibility	p. 130
Familiarity	p. 131
Connection to You and the Team	p. 131
Connection to the Organization	p. 131
Interest, Passion, and Enrollment	p. 132
Clarity, Commitment, and Focus	p. 132
Make a Splash!	p. 132
All for One, One for All	p. 135
Endnotes	p. 138
Getting Better Together	p. 139
Leadership Team Member Capabilities	p. 142
More Than Competencies	p. 147
Intra-Team Talent Reviews	p. 150
Peer Coaching	p. 152
Team Assignments	p. 157
Team Development Events	p. 158
Endnotes	p. 160
Creating an Agile Organization	p. 161
A Primer on Organizational Agility	p. 162
What Is Organizational Agility?	p. 162
Model of Organizational Agility	p. 165
Focus	p. 166
Resources	p. 166
Performance	p. 167
Five Benefits of Organizational Agility	p. 168
Organizational Agility: Two Scenarios	p. 170
Assessment: How Agile Is Your Organization?	p. 172
Individual and Leadership Team Agility	p. 180
Endnotes	p. 188
Leadership Team Strategies for Remaining Union-Free	p. 189
10 Early Warning Signs	p. 190
10 Reasons Employees Organize	p. 194
12 Issues Targeted by Unions	p. 196
12 Reasons for Union-Organizing Success	p. 199
Be Visible and Known and Build Relationships at All Levels	p. 203
Measure and Improve Your Organization's Connectivity Index	p. 207
Ensure Role Clarity for Management Positions	p. 211
Shore Up Management Fundamentals from Top to Bottom	p. 212
Endnotes	p. 215
Conclusion: A Manifesto About Love and Leadership	p. 217
Will You Go for the Gold?	p. 220
Executive Team Execution	p. 220
The Clash of Titans: Executive Teaming	p. 221
Meetings are Money	p. 222
Culture is the Context and Often the Answer	p. 223
They are All Moments of Truth	p. 224
Getting Better Together	p. 225
Creating an Agile Organization	p. 226
Leadership Team Strategies for Remaining Union-Free	p. 227
Endnotes	p. 229
Appendix: The Leadership Team Excellence Assessment	p. 231
The Leadership Team Survey	p. 231
How We Measure Success	p. 232
How We Spend Time Together	p. 233
How We Impact Organizational Excellence	p. 236
The Leadership Team Survey with Discussion Notes	p. 237
How We Measure Success	p. 237
How We Spend Time Together	p. 238
How We Impact Organizational Excellence	p. 240
The Leadership Team Survey as a Tool for Development	p. 241
References	p. 243
About the Authors	p. 249
Index	p. 253
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