Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part One The Performance Pipeline Concept
Introduction Dealing with Pervasive Uncertainty 3
1 Defining Your Performance Pipeline 21
Part Two Expected Results at Every Level of Leadership
2 Enterprise Chief Executive Officer: Perpetuating the Enterprise 47
3 Group Managers: Portfolio of Businesses 71
4 Business Managers: Short-Term and Long-Term Profit 93
5 Function Managers: Competitive Advantage 113
6 Managers of Managers: Productivity 129
7 Managers of Others: The Enablers 147
8 Self-Managers: Delivering the Products and Services 175
Part Three Successful Implementation of the Performance Pipeline
9 Creating a Context for Performance 201
10 Enabling Layer Transitions 225
11 Implementing Your Performance Pipeline 245
Tool 1: Actual Performance Pipeline from Company E 261
Tool 2: Interview Questions 279
Acknowledgments 285
The Author 287
Index 289