The Sky is Not the Limit : Breakthrough Leadership

ISBN-13: 9781574441062 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str.

Robert Barthelemy; Bart Barthelemy

Opis

As the title proclaims, the sky is not the limit for airplanes or for organizations and the people who comprise them. These pages reveal the secrets of managing breakthroughs in business and industry leadership. The author brings his extensive personal experience to discuss effective motivation techniques and approaches that work constantly in moving organizations and individuals from mediocre work to breakthrough performance.

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FOREWORD
BREAKTHROUGHS

Mach 25

Breakthroughs

The Elements of Breakthrough

NASP

Managing for Breakthroughs

Breakthrough Leadership
CAPTIVATING CHALLENGES-The Target

The Carroll High School Marching Band

The IHPTET Crusade

Wooden Airplanes

Copper Canyon

Principles
OPEN FOCUS-The Flight

The Laser Airplane

Kim's Anniversary Present

Magic

The X-30

Principles
COMPETITIVE COLLABORATION-The System

Marriage

The Artificial Intelligence Applications Center

Paper Airplanes

The National Team

Principles
STRUCTURED FLEXIBILITY-The Environment

The Nine-Dot Greeting Card

The Mac

Bridging the Gap

Managing NASP

Principles
PERSONAL COMMITMENT-The Force

The Ghandi Button

Voyagers and Gossamers

Karen's Little Song

NASP Pioneers

Principles
ORGANIZED ADVENTURE-The Journey

Kelly Johnson

St. Helen's Festival

Passing the Chuck

The Sky Is No Longer the Limit

Principles
BREAKTHROUGH LEADERSHIP-Six Ideas

Creating Captivating Challenges

Maintaining Open Focus

Synergizing Competitive Collaboration

Developing Structured Flexibility

Nurturing Personal Commitment

Producing Adventure

Making It Happen
APPENDICES
Index

O autorze

Dr. Bart Barthelemy is currently the Director of Training and Education for Universal Technology Corporation in Dayton, Ohio, where he is responsible for the development of corporate training and education programs and services. He is also a founding member ofT aos Laboratories of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he serves as the Director of the Leadership Laboratory and as the co-leader of the FutureSpace Project. Dr. Barthelemy is also a partner in the Best Yet Company of London, England, and Aspen, Colorado, as well as Innovation Development Assodates, based in Dayton, Ohio, and Palm Beach, Florida. For the past fifteen years, he has worked with senior leaders from IBM, ALCOA, General Motors, Westin Hotels, NCR Corporation, AT&T, Westinghouse, Rockwell, United Technologies, American Greeting Cards, General Foods, MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, UCLA, and the U.S. Air Force. Dr. Barthelemy served as the Director of the Air Force's Training Systems Product Group, the Director of the National Aero- Space Plane Program, and the Technical Director of the Air Force's Wright Laboratories. In these positions, he was responsible for over ten billion dollars of R&D in the leading-edge fields of virtual reality, modeling and simulation, hypersonic aerodynamics, advanced propulsion, and systems engineering. During his senior executive experience, he led government teams of several thousand people and directed even larger industrial teams. Dr. Barthelemy has bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from MIT and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Ohio State University. He has published over 250 papers and conducted over 1,000 workshops. He is the redpient of the National Space Trophy, the Golden Knight Award, and the President's Distinguished Rank Award. He has published two books, High Performance and The Sky Is Not the Limit, both on breakthrough leadership. For additional information, please contact Dr. Barthelemy at Universal Technology Corporation, 513-426-8530; Taos Laboratories, 800-982-6799; or Innovation Development Assodates, 513- 253-6778.