TITLE : SAVE YOURSELF! SIX PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVEMENT IN THE AGE OF CHANGE.

Preface  ix
 
Introduction: Welcome to Crunch Time  1
America Is an Unsafe Place to Work
Victimes of Change
The Game Is Trumoil
The Quick and the Dead
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
What's So New? What's So Powerful?
Who's Climbing Into Your Ring?
Now-ism
Higher Stakes, Faster Times
Management Is Abandoning Ship
Business Schizophrenia and Paranoia
Start Identifying With Yourself
The Old Rules Are Killing You
The New Rules of Survival
What Do I Do?
The Way it Works
Taking the Pathways
 
Chapter 1. Break the Sound Barrier  17
The Listen Pathway
  Learning to Breathe Again  Quit Thinking and Start
  Listening  Are You a Good Listener?  The Wrong
  Rules  The Right Rules
Apprehending the World
Asleep at the Wheel
The Secret of X-Rated Movies
Geffing to the Payoff
Fast-Forward Listening
  Ignore the Main Message  Change Your Position
  Don't Judge or Analyze  Listen to Pain  Ask the
  Amateurs
Barriers to Breaking the Sound Barrier
  Success  Dedication to One Answer  Rush to
  Judgment  Premature Action  Living in a Rut
Do Something Different
Using the Listen Pathway
Then What?
PictoGame-Round 1
 
Chapter 2. Break the Code to Problems  39
The Prospect Pathway
  Finding Pattems Behind the Confusion  Pulling Secrets
  Out of the Swirl  Finding Problems, Solving
  Opportunities  Humans Do It  The Prospecting
  Belief System  Nothing to Hide  Like Snakes in a
  Basket  Good News, Bad News  Half Enough Is
  Good Enough  Why Race a Bear?  What About
  When They Don't Want It Fixed?  They Really Don't
  Know  Ninety-Five Percent of What We Sell Is Air
  Making Things With Thoughts  Knowledge Is
  Ownership  The Dark Side of Knowledge  The
  Smart Hammer
Fast-Forward Prospecting
  It's the Little Things That Count  Write the Problem in
  One Sentence  Pretend It's Fixed  The Crazy
  Question  Understand the Word Can't
Barriers to Breaking the Code
  Fear of the Unknown  A Closed Culture  The Fast
  Answer  The Total Answer  Expecting the Complex
Look for the Green
Get Past the Thought Barrier
PictoGame-Round 2
 
Chapter 3. Break Away From Convention  59
The Innouate Pathway
  The Sex of Business  The Quick Innovation Quiz .
  Innovation Isn't Rocket Science  The Genius Behind
  the Walkman  You Were Bom to Innovate  Slap
  Back at the Handslappers  Unlearning to Innovate
  Ignore the Voice Inside You  Why Didn't I Think of
  That?
Fast-Forward Innovation
  Why It's Smart to Act Stupid  Rules Are Made to Be
  Broken, or at Least Ignored  Word Disassociation
  Backward Is Best  Try and See
Barriers to Breaking Away From Convention
  Someone Must Have . . .  If It Isn't Broken . . . Don't
  Fix It  Paralysis by Analysis  Punishment for
  Failure  Loving Features, Forgetting Benefits
Innovation by Elimination
Dreams Come True, Sometimes
The World's Best Innovators (It Takes a Thief)
More Proaction npS and Tricks
Puffing the Innovation Pathway to Use
PictoGame-Round 3
 
Chapter 4. Break the Speed Limit  93
The Respond Pathway
  Bring Your New Ideas to Life  Losers React, Winners
  Respond  The Subtle Difference Between Winning and
  Losing  The Frustrated Frog and the Beauty of
  Closure  How an Inch Can Become a Million Miles
Fast-Forward Responding
  Listening Is Responding  Faster Is Better  It Isn't
  Until It's Out  Do It Twice  Stop Doing It
Barriers to Breaking the Speed Limit
  It Isn't My Job  The Quest for the "Easy No"
  Domino Thinking  Aiming at Perfection  Loving
  Processes, Forgetting Results
Efficiency Is Out, Effectiveness Is In
Breaking the Bank
More Proaction Tips and Tricks
Responding = Service
Moving On
Next Stop-Magic!
PictoGame-Round 4
 
Chapter 5. Break Into the Future  121
The Adapt Pathway
  Change Yourself to Save Yourself  Changing by
  Design, not by Default  No Warm and Fuay-No Soft
  and Squishy  Our Love/Hate Relationship With
  Change  Prescriptions for a World on Fire  The
  Executive Tumaround  Change or Die!  The Attack
  of the Change Drivers  Change Forces You Should
  Know About  The End of the Old Guard  How to
  Get Crushed by Change
Fast-Forward Adapting
  Knock Down Walls  Unlearn  Turn Enemies Into
  Friends  Erase Borders, Grow People  Raise the Bar
Barriers to Breaking Into the Future
  Fear of Loss  Lack of Effort  Future Ghosts
  Underestimation  Waiting Until It Goes Away
The Process Is the Goal
What to Do Once You Stand Out From the Rest
PictoGame-Round 5
 
Chapter 6. Break Out in Front  147
The Lead Pathway
  Having the Right Stuff at the Right Time  Leading Is
  Leverage  Harnessing the Potential Energy All Around
  You  Leading Is Releasing What Already Exists
  Lighting the Fuse, Leading the Parade  We're Not
  Talking Magic Here  Managing Isn't Leading  The
  Leadership Vacuum  America: Land Where the Lids
  Are Blowing Off  Living in the Age of Leadership -
  The Collapse of Control  Leading Spring-Loaded, Day-
  Glo Workers  What People Expect From Leaders
  How Good People Become Bad Leaders
Fast-Forward Leadership
  Pull, Don't Push  Eam Trust  Give General Goals
  and Specific Praise  Encourage Difference and
  Similarity  Expect Excellence
Barriers to Breaking Out in Front
  Depending on the Top . Fear of Criticism  Being a
  Spectator . Love of Control  Acting Like an Island
The Final Step
PictoGame-Round 6
 
PletoGame Answers  173
 
Index	176