Leave a P OFF & BE AVERAGE

Just as in every pursuit of life such as sport, science, literature, arts, politics, industry, and technology, we can identify individuals who excel, who rise notably above their peers. So it is with organisations. Entities such as Google, Microsoft, Walt Disney, Apple, Amazon, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Mercedes Benz, World Vision, and Singapore Airlines, are organisations that stand out as respected leaders in their sectors. This book identifies one specific reason why they and many other leading organisations have achieved such success.

Russell has long been inspired by what organisations contribute, and by what they can achieve for their communities and beyond, for their staff and all their stakeholders.  He regularly speaks of them being the heartbeat of their nation, providing employment, products or services, structure, reward, and community pride. Simply put, he is an ambassador for organisational excellence and sustainability. He passionately believes that this book will assist you to build excellence and sustainable success in your organisation.

In this book, he will give you both pragmatic help and a sense of direction, in improving the performance of your organisation. Throughout his career as a Organisational Performance consultant and advisor, he has strived to understand what makes an organisation successful. He has also focused on how to competently transfer such knowledge to others to maximise their success.

It is not the encyclopaedia of business; any astute senior manager will know that no single work can achieve that. Nor will reading this book guarantee you instant success. It is not designed to be a quick-fix motivational text, the type of which we have all read far too many. They have their place, but that is not the reader he seeks. And to conclude on what this book does not deliver; I will point out that it does not attempt to be an exhaustive work on any one topic. To achieve that I would recommend you consider undertaking a master’s degree from a seriously credible university, in whatever specific area, that this book covers, is of interest to you. One book does not make any of us an expert; this only happens when one has a significant measure of both knowledge and experience. Russell’s intent is to have you focus on the value of each P element and to be committed to optimising its contribution to your organisation’s excellence.