"A visual thinking aid"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280).

Management in turbulent times needs greater vision and foresight. This book offers an exciting visual-thinking approach to help managers, leaders and entrepreneurs think through their options and find a way that best meets the needs of their businesses, that supports their talent to perform at their peak, and simultaneously builds the capabilities to cope with turbulent times. The author presents management as a system or a model through a combination of graphics, diagrams and text. Management models are immensely valuable and will enable managers to more easily think, make decisions, behave and act in line with the company's overall strategy and objectives. Moreover, when management models are articulated and shared, it can save time, focus attention and release productive energy. This book essentially helps managers to gain a better perspective of their businesses and key activities. It becomes a valuable tool for managing companies and people in these ever-changing and turbulent times.

Management Design -- The Management Model Toolbox -- Management Matters -- The Purpose of the Book -- Management in Need of a Balanced Model -- Management Needs Design -- Six Management Designers -- Framework -- Shared language -- The Management Design Framework -- People -- Organization -- Stakeholders -- Environment -- Management -- Operations & Design -- Four Archetypes -- Integration Framework -- Management Design -- Insights -- Organizational Learning -- INsights Diagnostic Tools -- Self-Assessment -- Potential and Interferences -- Success -- Speed -- Agility -- Resilience -- Ability To Act -- The Leadership Scorecard -- Action -- Organizational Capabilities -- Management Model -- Environment & Challenges -- Design -- Work on the System -- When Viruses Interfere -- Context Frame -- Four Management Models -- People-Organization Bridge -- The Leadership Toolbox -- Meaning, Coordination & Connectivity -- The Systems-Culture Strategy -- The Leadership-Culture Strategy -- The Systems-Culture Strategy -- Management Capabilities -- The Choice of Toolbox -- Operating Modes -- The Design of Tools -- The Use of Tools -- Change -- Intervention Points -- Levers of Change -- Intervention Depth -- Change Program -- Program Sketching -- Transformation or Evolution? -- Management Design as a Radical Innovation -- Mentoring -- Diagnostic Mentoring -- Four Steps : Inner Game Mentoring -- Step 1 Diagnose -- Step 2 Interpretation -- Step 3 Design -- Step 4 Development & Implementation -- Diagnostic Mentors -- Leadership Cycle.

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