Learn how managers have transformed their teams and companies into envied high-performance organizations in this guide to nurturing successful managers at your organization, informed by the author's 10-year study of applications of his High Performing Organization (HPO) Framework.How can an organization learn to perform at a high level? The key is management. Based on years of intensive research and experience, André de Waal's proven strategy for achieving positive organizational change can turn your company or team into a true High Performance Organization (HPO). De Waal's HPO Framework is the only management improvement technique that has been developed on a solid scientific basis, validated through longitudinal site-level research, and developed over years of measuring organizational results. In this book, de Waal focuses on the activities and behaviors of managers in organizations that have successfully transformed themselves into HPOs. The author and his team closely followed and measured organizations that have adopted and applied the HPO Framework over many years, uncovering the secrets to creating successful and transformative managers through the use of HPO coaches, the application of "silo-busting" techniques to spur collaboration, and use of the HPO transformation success wheel.The resulting data set, analytics, and lessons presented represent a treasure trove of actionable tools for achieving successful managerial and organizational change and improvement.

Foreword by Chris AbbottAcknowledgmentsChapter 1The Importance of ManagementChapter 2The HPO FrameworkChapter 3Performance Effects of the HPO FrameworkChapter 4Proven Principles of High Performance LeadershipChapter 5Conducting a Successful HPO TransformationAppendix 1: Scientific Development of the HPO FrameworkAppendix 2: How High-Performing Is the HPO Framework?Appendix 3: The HPP FrameworkAppendix 4: Silo-Busting TechniquesAppendix 5: Descriptions of the PMA DimensionsAppendix 6: The HPO Transformation Approach in PracticeNotesReferencesIndex