Outside-In Downside-Up Leadership

"...an insightful read [that] provides a much needed and timely resource for any business owner or CEO wanting to take their journey into the full potential of the future of business."Jeremy Scrivens | Director, The Emotional Economy at Work"Be challenged to think in this new and agile way, and not settle for an inferior traditional approach to leading teams and managing processes."Peter Irvine | Co-Founder, Gloria Jean's Coffees AustraliaOutside-In Downside-Up Leadership fills a missing link for entrepreneurs who hit the wall because of the limitations of traditional methods of organisational management."John Sikkema | Chairman, Halftime AustraliaFor over a decade, Jason T. Smith led his business with a traditional vertical organisational structure that mostly worked - up to a point, anyway. Then something changed. An ambitious target was set, and it seemed the team just stopped working. Fast-forward two years, after months of intentional learning, soul-searching, testing and probing, Jason found the sweet spot between distributed authority and peer accountability. This ignited a leadership revolution. Through an innovative approach to organisational design called ONEteam(TM), they achieved their strategic intent of 7/50/100: a brand presence in 7 states or territories, generating revenues of near $50 million, in more than 100 locations. This book is their story - warts and all.