A manager's dream : what managers want most from their companies Successful and fulfilled managers explain how they became plenty more of both pt. 1. It takes a value proposition. What lies underneath : introducing the most valuable and elusive type of manager commitment The mystery achievement : how this book is going to help you as management, manager and human being Time waits for no manager : do the math before it does you
pt. 2. Wallet, heart, keys. The company dream : what companies want most from managers A tale of two companies : where the weird and wonderful happens The dream denied : why companies don't allow what they want most from managers How a manager's brain works, and doesn't : why most corporate reasoning is meaningless to a manager's real thinking Pinch me, I'm dreamin' : dreams collide: no casualties
pt. 3. You must, you can. How to decide what's truly most important to you : why it's a whole lot harder than it seems and what to do about that How to sell it to yourself : the ten reasons that usually stop managers and why they're not going to stop you How to sell it to your people : how to turn what's most important to you into a compelling cause for others How to sell it to your company : how to turn what's most important to you into business impact and career success
pt. 4. Get on with it. Personal implementation : first steps to individual fulfillment Organizational implementation : first steps to enterprise-wide results You must remember this : the purpose, the path, the whole point
pt. 5. Under the hood : research proof points, notes, acknowledgments and the inevitable primate studies, Sun Tzu and Rumi quotes.
