Time for a reset.

From Management Reset by Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley. Copyright [C]2011 by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Published by Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint (www.jossey-bass.com).

THE NEED FOR a management reset is compelling. Technology, globalization, and workforce changes are pushing for faster, more agile organizations. At the same time, social and ecological forces that once got honorable mention in business strategy discussions are today full-fledged stakeholders demanding attention. Both trends are making profits harder to come by and together are demanding that organizations change the way they think about everything from goals and growth to cultural impact and carbon footprints.

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The nature and strength of these changes led us to argue for a...

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