Bestselling authors and cohosts of the TED podcast Fixable, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss reinvent the playbook for how to lead changeâwith a radical approach that moves fast, builds trust, and accelerates excellence.
Speed has gotten a bad name in business, much of it deserved. When Facebook made âMove fast and break thingsâ an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. That a certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for inventing the future.
Leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this belief is deeply flawedâand that it keeps you from building a great company. Helping executives and entrepreneurs solve their toughest problems over the past decade, Frei and Morriss learned that the trade-off between speed and excellence is false. The best leaders solve hard problems with fierce urgency while making their organizationsâemployees, customers, and shareholdersâeven stronger. They move fast and fix things.
Based on their work with fast-moving companies such as Uber, Riot Games, and WeWork, Frei and Morriss reveal the five essential steps to moving fast and fixing things. Youâll learn to:
âą Identify the real problem holding you back
âą Build and rebuild trust in your company
âą Create a culture where everyone can thrive
âą Communicate powerfully as a leader
âą Go fast by empowering your team
With a one-week plan to fix your problems on a fast cycle time of one step per day, this book is your guide to maximizing impact and reinventing your approach to change. By the end of the week, you wonât just have a road map for solving your companyâs toughest problemsâyouâll already be well on your way, improving your company at exhilarating speed.
This audiobook includes a supplemental PDF.