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Synopsis
Today's managers waste an estimated 40 per cent of their time on unnecessary cooperation, communication and control. Old-fashioned management skills are too expensive and slow to use in today's complex companies. When great companies grow they become more complex. This complexity starts to undermine what made the company successful: the organisation slows down, it is more difficult to get things done and it becomes a less satisfying workplace. In his work with talented people from hundreds of the world's leading companies. Kevan discovered that they spend over 80 per cent of their time on cooperation, communication and control - and that up to 50 per cent of that time is wasted. Organised around 4 Cs - Cooperation, Communication, Control and Community - "Speed Lead" distills the experience of more than 35,000 people in over 200 of the world's leading companies. The resulting radical view has enabled organizations to unravel the spaghetti of complexity, reduce project cycle times, build closer business relationships and curb the costs of unnecessary travel.

Contrary to current leadership wisdom, "Speed Lead" advises to: celebrate the end of teams where you don't need them; abolish meetings of the bored; take control of the "crack-berry" and don't be a 24-hour control freak; expect more from your people and lead a lot less; make "good-enough" decisions; and, don't let diversity be a diversion - share practices, not values.

From the Author
I wrote this book because I met so many good people, in great
companies, working hard but frustrated with how long it took to get things
done. They were spending 80% of their time on cooperation, communication
and control and told us that 50% of this time was wasted - and it seemed to
get worse as their companies grew and became more complex.

In working with hundreds of real teams around the world we started to
realize that teamwork was not always the answer, that most of what happens
in meetings is irrelevant, that communication is the problem, not the
answer and that central control is stifling real control.

We also realized that community had changed a lot; it was much more diverse
and not based on a physical place.

12 years later we think we have some of the answers, Speed Lead offers some
proven, practical alternatives that work better in complex companies. I
also hope it is real "win: win" improving business performance and at the
same time improving job satisfaction and motivation for people who are
currently suffering from a lot of wholly unnecessary work..

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