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xxiv Foreword

The Management Shift shows that there is another way. It describes
a “Management Shift” that focuses on managing people, fostering
collaboration and creating a sense of purpose. Based on many years of
research, the book outlines a new approach to creating more value,
innovation, employee engagement and sustainable success. It explains
why the changes are needed, what needs to be done, and particularly how
to go about it.

The Management Shift is part of the consensus emerging among leading
thinkers of the need for new management approaches and new mindsets.
There is increasing recognition that traditional management approaches
do not work anymore and that the time has come for a major change in
the way organizations are run that will lead to a different future and more
prosperity for everyone.

This book contributes new elements to the discussion to enable that to
happen. In particular, it explains the 6 Box Leadership diagnostic tool,
which is based on more than 20 years of interdisciplinary research and
consulting experience. The book shows how to apply it to spark the
changes that are needed.

As the book says, the implications of the changes needed are enormous.
They imply not just new processes and practices, but radically different
mindsets, attitudes and values, managerial behaviors and approaches to
organizational governance and development. The Management Shift
is a comprehensive guide to what is involved and how to achieve all
these changes.

Stephen Denning

Author of The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management