Creating Excellence : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9781138479630 : 29 Oct 2019 : Creating Excellence, first published in 1984, proposes a rational yet visionary blend of approaches for a winning, strategy-driven culture that can provide you and your company with the confidence that gets results. Based on a programme of six essential leadership skills ? vision, sensitivity, insight, versatility, focus, and patience ? this step-by-step blueprint for organisational excellence shows the New Age Executive exactly how to: Know your firm's capabilities ? and make the most of them Motivate your people to peak performance Respond positivity to change from within and without Develop long-term goals and see them through And turn crisis into opportunity All these principles are illustrated with fascinating case studies of the most spectacular successes and failures in the history of American enterprise. In addition, hands-on ?exercises' will enable you to test their application to the c