Paula Robinson

Bernd Vogel

Rob Koonce

Chapter 24 "This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True

A 21st Century Repertoire for Leading in Extraordinary Times

Developing Leaders for Positive Organizing

Heike Bruch

You Are Probably Well Aware That Your Organization's Energy Ebbs and Flows. But did you know that the way an organization manages its energy can lead to either a wellspring of corporate vitality or the destruction of the company's very core? It's true. But here's the good news: all leaders can learn to boost and leverage the positive energy of their organizations. In Fully Charged, Heike Bruch and Bernd Vogel provide tools and strategies to help you master this critical competency. First, the authors show you how to use the organizational energy matrix to diagnose your company's energy state. Second, Bruch and Vogel show how by pursuing new opportunities or helping your team vanquish an imminent threat in the right way, you can mobilize the energy of your company or unit. The authors explain the three central energy traps---complacency, corrosion, and acceleration---and describe how leaders can avoid them. Using vivid examples of ways these practices have been mastered by companies as diverse as ABB, IBM, Lufthansa, and Tata Steel, they also show how leaders can maintain energy to retain exceptional performance and move their organization ahead of rivals. Packed with practical tools and checklists, and backed by extensive research, this book demonstrates how to shift your firm into a state of high, positive energy in which everyone is emotionally engaged, mentally alert, and working swiftly and productively toward shared critical goals. Learn these lessons, and your company will stay fully charged---and always ready to tackle the next period of high demand.

How Great Leaders Boost Their Organization's Energy and Ignite High Performance

Fully Charged

As you're well aware, your individual energy ebbs and flows--leading to high and low productivity cycles. Fail to manage your energy correctly, and you risk falling into traps including inertia, complacency, and frenzied, unfocused activity that only erodes the quality of your life. The same holds true for your entire organization. In Fully Charged, Heike Bruch and Bernd Vogel provide tools and strategies to help you manage your company's collective energy. First, diagnose your company's "energy state" using the Organizational Energy Matrix. By assessing the intensity (high or low) and the quality (positive or negative) of the energy in your enterprise, you discover which of four energy states your company is experiencing. Second, move your company out of dangerous states characterized by complacency, cynicism, aggression, withdrawal, and other perils. By applying practices mastered by companies as diverse as Airbus, Novartis, SAP, and Tata Steel, you can shift your firm into a state of high, positive energy--in which everyone is emotionally engaged, mentally alert, and working swiftly and productively toward critical goals. Practical and backed by extensive research, Fully Charged reveals how to continually refresh your company's energy--so it's always ready to tackle the next period of high demand.

Bernd Vogel

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