Speed: How Leaders Accelerate Successful Execution

Seize the competitive advantage by building speed into your leadership DNA

The rapid pace at which change occurs in business today is unprecedented. Speed has become a major source of competitive advantage. Leaders who act quickly and inspire others to do the same are the ones who ultimately win the day. But achieving increased levels of speed is not always easy.

Culled from the data of one million 360-degree feedback assessments, Speed provides valuable insights into the qualities that make a leader successful and productive. Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman reveal eight essential leadership behaviors shown to improve performance and ultimately drive organizational effectiveness.

The authors will help you assess the pace at which you work and determine how you stack up against others in their firm's database. You'll discover tactics for speeding up critical elements of your day and learn how you can use the eight companion behaviors--including innovation, develop courage, initiate action, and set stretch goals-- to help you increase your speed.

John H. (Jack) Zenger is a speaker, consultant, executive coach, and CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm providing leadership development programs to organizations worldwide. A recognized expert on leadership development, he has been inducted into the Human Resources Development Hall of Fame and was the recipient of ATD’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Zenger is the co-author of How to Be Exceptional and the bestseller The Extraordinary Leader. He lives in Midway, Utah.

Joe Folkman is a respected authority on assessment and change, an acclaimed keynote
speaker, and cofounder and president of Zenger Folkman. One the nation’s renowned
psychometricians, he has worked with some of the most prestigious and successful organizations, including AT& T, General Mills, Nortel, Fidelity, Thomson Reuters, the U.S. Navy, and Wells Fargo. He is the co-author of How to Be Exceptional and the bestseller The Extraordinary Leader. Folkman lives in Orem, Utah.