John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams. Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.

• AcknowledgementsPart I   Need for Speed1. Speed Matters2. Your Speedometer 3. Speed Laws4. Speed Traps5. Organizational Benefits from Leadership SpeedPart II Tactics to Increase Leadership  Speed 6.  Speeding Up Your Day7. Accelerate Meetings8. Modeling Speed Part III The Cross-Training Approach to Increasing Speed9. Companion Behaviors for Leadership Speed10. Innovating11. Exhibiting Strategic Perspective12. Displaying Courage13. Setting Stretch Goals14. Communicating Powerfully15. Bringing External Focus16. Taking Initiative 17. Possessing Knowledge and ExpertiseConclusion: Speed and the Balanced Life Appendix:  Research MethodologyNotesIndex

John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams. Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.

• AcknowledgementsPart I   Need for Speed1. Speed Matters2. Your Speedometer 3. Speed Laws4. Speed Traps5. Organizational Benefits from Leadership SpeedPart II Tactics to Increase Leadership  Speed 6.  Speeding Up Your Day7. Accelerate Meetings8. Modeling Speed Part III The Cross-Training Approach to Increasing Speed9. Companion Behaviors for Leadership Speed10. Innovating11. Exhibiting Strategic Perspective12. Displaying Courage13. Setting Stretch Goals14. Communicating Powerfully15. Bringing External Focus16. Taking Initiative 17. Possessing Knowledge and ExpertiseConclusion: Speed and the Balanced Life Appendix:  Research MethodologyNotesIndex

John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams. Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.

• AcknowledgementsPart I   Need for Speed1. Speed Matters2. Your Speedometer 3. Speed Laws4. Speed Traps5. Organizational Benefits from Leadership SpeedPart II Tactics to Increase Leadership  Speed 6.  Speeding Up Your Day7. Accelerate Meetings8. Modeling Speed Part III The Cross-Training Approach to Increasing Speed9. Companion Behaviors for Leadership Speed10. Innovating11. Exhibiting Strategic Perspective12. Displaying Courage13. Setting Stretch Goals14. Communicating Powerfully15. Bringing External Focus16. Taking Initiative 17. Possessing Knowledge and ExpertiseConclusion: Speed and the Balanced Life Appendix:  Research MethodologyNotesIndex