Clarity First, Karen Martin
Clarity First, Karen Martin
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Clarity First
How Smart Leaders and Organizations Achieve Outstanding Performance

Author: Karen Martin

Narrator: Karen Martin

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/09/2018


Synopsis

Award-winning business performance improvement and Lean management expert Karen Martin diagnoses a ubiquitous business management and leadership problem―the lack of clarity―and outlines specific actions to dramatically improve organizational performance. Through her global consulting projects, keynote speeches, and work with thousands of leaders, Karen has seen first-hand how a pervasive lack of clarity strangles business performance and erodes employee engagement. Ambiguity is the corporate default state, a condition so prevalent that “tolerance for ambiguity” has become a clichéd job requirement.It doesn’t have to be this way.In Clarity First, Karen provides methods and insights for achieving clarity to unleash potential, innovate at higher levels, and solve the problems that matter to deliver outstanding business results. Both a visionary road map and practical guide, this book will help leaders:* Identify and communicate the organization’s true purpose* Set achievable priorities
* Deliver greater customer value through more efficient processes
* Build organization-wide problem solving capabilities
* Develop personal clarity to become a more direct, purposeful, and successful leader
Eliminating ambiguity is the first step for leaders and organizations to achieve strategic goals. Learn how to gain the clarity needed to make better decisions, lead more effectively, and boost organizational performance.When it comes to leading an outstanding organization, every great leader needs Clarity First.

About Karen Martin

Karen Martin is president of The Karen Martin Group, Inc., a firm specializing in business performance improvement and Lean management practices. She is also the author of the Shingo Research Award-winning books The Outstanding Organization and Value Stream Mapping, an instructor in the University of California, San Diego's Lean Enterprise program, and an industry advisor to the University of San Diego's Industrial and Systems Engineering program.


Reviews

Parts of this book was amazing, like "6 star amazing". Other parts I personally felt were basically steps too far from what the book was trying to communicate and it felt like convoluted solutions to what other books describe better. It's a book I likely will go back to, it's definitely not lacking c......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

Over the years I have lost count of how many useless meetings that I have sat through with colleagues listening to countless KPI numbers, reports, financial updates and other meaningless reports. We all nod as if we understand and that the information is meaningful. Sound familiar? Too many leaders s......more

Goodreads review by Bob

An excellent audiobook by Karen Martin regarding the importance of clarity within your entire organization. Originally introduced in her book the outstanding organization, clarity, was one of the most requested topics when she released the book. Unfortunately in that book it was an inch deep and a m......more

Goodreads review by Jiri

To get CLEAR you need to STRIVE for deeper insight I enjoyed reading Karen Martin’s book Clarity First as it talks about how to build a mindful unambiguous organization where the environment and relationships are open, colleagues are mindful of each other’s feelings as well as focused on 5 P’s (purpo......more