The Primes - Chris Mcgoff

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Introduction xxv

Part 1: Universal Patterns of Leading in Uncertain Times 1
How do some people, organizations, and coalitions thrive in uncertain times? What enables them to appear so certain and take decisive action amid ambiguity about the future?

Chapter 1 - Being Clear on What's Really Important 3
How did you decide how you spent your time yesterday? What criteria are you using to allocate your time tomorrow?

Leading 5
Does being called a ''leader'' mean you are ''leading''? What does ''leading'' mean?

In-on 9
Are you seduced by working ''in'' the business at the expense of ''on'' it?

Change Versus Transformation 13
Are you fixing or creating?

Chapter 2 - Being Intentional and Going First 18
What are you committed to making happen and by when? What does ''committed'' mean? What does your commitment mean to others?

Integrity 21
Does your ''yes'' really mean ''yes''? xvii

Trust the Universe 25
Is your vision limited to what you've already seen?

Declaration 29
Are you willing to live unreasonably?

Chapter 3 - Enrolling Others 32
Can you call people, from disenfranchisement and mere compliance, to their highest level of commitment?

Dynamic Incompleteness 35
Can you create a vision that is compelling because of what it says and at the same time inviting-for what it leaves yet to be said?

Ennoblement 39
Does your vision elevate people in degree and excellence and respect and inspire them to act boldly?

Power 45
Do you know how to turn strangers, competitors, cautious allies, and suspicious stakeholders into powerful, outcome-driven coalitions?

Part 2: Universal Patterns of Powerful Alliances 47
How do you generate unprecedented power within the group? Is this question all that important to you?

Chapter 4 - Gaining Shared Perspective 49
Everyone claims to value diversity. Can maintaining diverse perspectives ever be a bad thing?

Blind Men and the Elephant 51
How do you help people to see the ''whole thing''?

Levels of Perspective 55
How do you help people to see the same ''whole thing''?

S-curves 59
How do you lead people to a shared sense of now?

Chapter 5 - Establishing Shared Intent 62
How do you lead the group to be intentional?

Core Prime 65
How do you help the group to focus on the right things and feel urgent about acting?

Parity 73
What is the right ratio of analyzing versus imagining?

Stake 77
How do you get the group ''all in''?

Chapter 6 - Taking Coordinated Action 80
How do you get the group to do everything persistently about a few critical things versus doing a few things about everything?

Cohesion 83
Cohesion is an unnatural state for a group. How good are you at establishing and sustaining it?

Redpoint 85
A good question to ask is, ''What is important to do?'' A better question is, ''Of all the important things we could do, what are the fewest, most important?''

Muda 93
Can you distinguish ''non-value-added activity''? How much of your group's resources is it consuming?

Part 3: Universal Patterns of Outstanding Group Performance 96
What do high-performance groups know and do that low-performance groups do not?

Chapter 7 - Making Decisions 98
What does the word ''decision'' actually mean? How are decisions made?

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CHRIS J. McGOFF is the founder of The Clearing, Inc., a Washington, DC-based management consulting firm dedicated to supporting change agents as they tackle the most daunting and complex problems facing organizations. For 30 years, Chris McGoff has been helping leaders in the private and public sector reach difficult consensus and solve problems of consequence-those involving the highest levels of stakeholder and technological complexity. Mr. McGoff's client list includes most of the agencies of the US federal government as well as a wide range of organizations such as IBM, AARP, Consol Energy, DuPont, the United Nations, and Boeing. He is also a sought-after public speaker, senior advisor, and professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.

For information on training and public speaking related to the PRIMES, visit theprimes.com. To learn more about how the PRIMES can solve problems and bring transformation to your organization, visit theclearing.com....