Tribal business school : lessons in business survival and success from the ultimate survivors /
If you want to learn about survival and success, learn from people who have survived hundreds of years in the most hostile environments in the world. The indigenous people of the world cannot afford the modern corporate luxuries of complexity and confusion. For them, the penalty of failure is not to...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
Jossey-Bass,
©2008.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Strategy and Competition 17
- Kill or cooperate 17
- 2 Change 35
- Change or die 35
- 3 Leadership 45
- Respect, responsibility, courage and contribution 45
- Leadership in traditional societies 48
- Leadership as a contact sport 52
- How to avoid messing up as a leader 54
- 4 Learning to Lead 57
- Role models and the role of books and courses 57
- 5 Skills and Knowledge 69
- From know what to know how: tacit versus explicit knowledge 69
- 6 Information Management 79
- Trust the messenger not the message, and never trust a spreadsheet 79
- 7 Culture and Values 87
- Respect for the community: social versus economic capital 87
- Anthropology at your desk: discover your tribe's culture 88
- Tribal versus corporate culture: three tests 89
- 8 Control and Systems 99
- The lore and the law 99
- Control and compliance 101
- 9 Survival and Success 113
- A journey to the dark side of the tribe 113
- The social costs of the tribe 114
- The struggle for economic success 117
- 10 From Bush to Boardroom 123
- Putting bush craft into practice 123.
