Intro -- CONTENTS -- Authors’ Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- How the book works -- Introduction -- A: UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE -- 1. Aspects of the CULTURE -- 2. On CONFLICT -- 3. The difficulty of COLLABORATION and boundary crossing -- B: GETTING THE JOB DONE -- 4. Taking CHARGE -- 5. COMPOSURE under pressure and the implementation imperative -- 6. COMMITTEES etc. -- 7. Managing the CASH -- C: MANAGING THE PEOPLE -- 8. COLLEAGUES, not subordinates ("It’s all about the people") -- 9. COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION -- 10. Giving CREDIT -- D: LEADING STRATEGICALLY -- 11. Strategy is about CHOICE -- 12. Leading and managing CHANGE -- POSTSCRIPT - A CLOSING THOUGHT -- INDEX -- About the Authors.
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