The Power of Strategic Commitment: Achieving Extraordinary Results Through Total Alignment and Engagement - Softcover

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Josh Leibner (Bridgewater, NJ) and Gershon Mader (Toronto, Canada) are founding partners of Quantum Performance, Inc., a management consulting firm with global clients including Capital One, Cisco Systems, Prudential Financial, Cushman & Wakefield and many others.

Alan Weiss (East Greenwich, RI) is a consultant, speaker, and author whose consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients including Hewlett-Packard, Merck, and hundreds of other top organizations.

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Not just a slogan on the T-shirts you give out at the company picnic, commitment is a crucial strategic advantage in any organization. But it s as elusive to achieve as it is easy to covet. Real commitment transcends simple compliance, where employees follow the rules and get their work done, and translates to the active engagement of every individual in everything he or she does.

The Power of Strategic Commitment not only shows you what that level of engagement looks like, it also gives you the tools and proven methodologies to achieve it, measure it, track it, and maintain it. Drawing on the field expertise of three leading consultants and featuring eye-opening examples from their exceptional client rosters, the book serves as both an inspiration and a step-by-step guide to driving growth and profit through true involvement.

No matter how well they are planned, strategic initiatives large and small are doomed to fail if the people charged with executing them don t believe in them. Creating and sustaining that sort of buy-in may seem like a tall order, but it s imperative if you want to stay ahead of your competition. And it starts with leadership and management it starts with you. The Power of Strategic Commitment lays out a blueprint for moving beyond the compliance that is the norm at all too many companies, toward that magical point where every initiative is not only accepted but supported even embraced by every employee at every level.

Advance Praise for The Power of Strategic Commitment:

This book does far more than tell us what we should be doing knowing that is often the easy part. The authors enable us as leaders of organizations ranging in size from those aiming for millions in revenues to those seeking billions in profits to discover the source of genuine, passionate ownership and commitment. As a staunch believer in the need for team alignment and engagement, I am excited to see a book that helps all of us understand the potential of that commitment, and demonstrates the power of leaders and teams who share that dedication.

Lynn Pike, President, Capital One Bank NA

This book is a must read for those wanting to get their executive ranks rowing in the same direction toward common objectives. No matter where in the world your teams are located, or what industry you are in, alignment is more important now than ever. Finbarr Flood, former Managing Director, Guinness Dublin; Chairman, Irish Labour Court (Retired)

The concepts in this book have been invaluable in building a culture of accountability and

no excuses within my global organization. Everyone wants and needs that to win; finally a proven way to achieve it! Roberto Gregori, Jr. , CEO, Bematech International

As CEO, my greatest challenge is to engage and motivate people, as well as create ownership in the firm s brand. Achieving buy-in and accountability is essential for this task. This must-read book provides the road map and unlocks the magic to making this happen!

Bruce Mosler, President and CEO, Cushman & Wakefield

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To take your company to the next level, you constantly strive for that magical combination of top talent, superior leadership, critical resources, and canny strategy. But those elements separately or in combination will never achieve their ultimate value without commitment. Not the throwaway, rah-rah variety that dissipates as easily as it was created; but genuine, lasting engagement on the part of every single person in the organization. It s real, it s measurable, and, yes, you can build it.

The Power of Strategic Commitment is the first book to turn the sometimes fuzzy concept of buy-in into a true strategic component of success. The authors demonstrate that by establishing quantifiable components of motivation and engagement, any business yours can turn Compliance (essentially doing everything right, but by adhering to rules and consequences) into Commitment doing everything extraordinarily well, all the time, because of real interest in the success of the project at hand and the continued growth of the organization.

Like most business issues, the level of commitment you can expect from your employees will be determined by what s projected from the top. The reason many well-designed initiatives end up falling short or failing outright is that employees sense immediately if senior management does or does not have the resources, structures, and sheer guts to follow through on all the grand visions they generated at the last strategic planning session. Too often, as the authors quote, strategic planning is when you go offsite as a team, agree on a bunch of priorities for the year, then go back to work and do what you were going to do anyway. This lack of resolve then permeates every level, department, and individual in your workplace.

With The Power of Strategic Commitment, you ll not only learn how to create and communicate initiatives that have inherent value (Content), you ll also learn how to show and build belief in the lasting importance of those initiatives to both the organization and each employee (Context). This critical combination in turn results in the ability to:

Hire and retain only fully engaged talent.

Involve everyone in creating the future of the organization and their own future within it.

Continuously measure and increase buy-in at every level.

Customize commitment strategies for each employee (it s easier than it sounds).

Create a commitment-inspiring rewards system (without breaking the bank).

Keep everyone s eyes on the prize the achievement and surpassing of stated goals.

Jam-packed with practical tools, proven methods, and countless examples from the authors considerable experience with hundreds of world-leading clients, The Power of Strategic Commitment gives you the key to the kind of sustained engage­ment that will finally help you realize all those great ideas and take your organization to the top!

Josh Leibner and Gershon Mader are consultants, speakers, and founding partners of Quantum Performance, Inc., a leading-edge management consulting firm with Global 1,000 clients including Cap­ital One, Cisco, Pru­den­tial Financial, Cushman & Wakefield, Zurich Financial, the United Way, and many others. Josh Leibner lives in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Gershon Mader lives in Toronto, Canada. They can be reached at www.quantumperformanceinc.com.

Alan Weiss, Ph.D., is a consultant, speaker, and author of 32 books. His firm, the well-known Summit Con­sulting Group, has worked with hundreds of major global organizations, including Hewlett-Packard, Merck, and The New York Times. Alan Weiss lives in East Greenwich, Rhode