Out of the ashes of conventional business models arises a set of companies using their power not only for profits and sustainable growth but also for social good.
‘A brilliant report from the front lines of companies creating the future’.
Daniel Vasella, chairman and CEO of Novartis
‘One of the most important books of this decade’
Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader
‘Kanter excels in her characteristic manner by taking the lead and developing practical ideas for the leaders of the future’.
Ram Charan, co-author of Execution
Interestingly, for readers closer home, the chapter discusses ICICI as one of the success examples recommended read for value-seekers.
The Hindu Businessline
Description: If you think business corporations are doomed to be lumbering, bloated and corrupt, think again. Based on an extraordinary three-year investigation, interviewing more than 350 key people at major companies around the world, Rosabeth Moss Kanter provides encouraging and astounding evidence that this assumption is completely outdated. The businesses that are keeping ahead of the curve, in terms of market changes and customer needs, are the businesses that are also progressive, socially responsible human communities.
Full of compelling and inspiring stories, SuperCorp captures the strengths of emerging twenty-first-century businesses and is a remarkable exploration of the management skills required to make them succeed. IBM, Banco Real, P&G, Cemex, Omron and other companies analyzed here move with the rapidity and creativity of much smaller enterprises. These companies are not perfect, but when values drive decisions and people are empowered, and when their company seeks innovation that helps the world, everything can come together.
Contents: Introduction • Part I The Opportunity: The wave • Challenges of global change: forcing a new model • Part II Strategy and Business: Standing on principles: strategic priorities and a values-based guidance system • Innovation: The values dividend • Good to grow: mergers, acquisitions, and transformations • Part III-People and Society: Connecting Talent: virtues of the dynamic workplace • Diversity and identity: dealing with differences • Grounding: bringing the best to communities, countries, and the public • Part IV-Agenda for the Future: Unfinished business: confronting the dark side of globalization • The triumph of the transformational enterprise: leadership for the future • Appendix: the scope of the research • Notes • Acknowledgements • Index
About the Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, and is founding director of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative. The author of 18 books, she advises CEOs of large and small companies and has received 23 honorary doctoral degrees, as well as numerous leadership awards and prizes for her books and articles
Target Audience: CEOs of corporate and people having interest in CSR.