Chess not checkers book

Like chess grand masters making careful moves, strategic leaders must understand the special skills and talents of each team member and combine, leverage and exploit those. Chess not checkers audio berrettkoehler publishers. In chess not checkers, adapting strategies from the game of chess, mark miller reveals four essential moves all highperformance organizations make. Chess not checkers is an accessible and easily applied guide to help leaders elevate their own leadership and the performance of their entire team. Until reading this book i considered myself if not a checkers master, at least a checkers expert. Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes. Like the ones before it, the guide is intended to create a stepbystep. He teamed up with ken blanchard, coauthor of the one selection from chess not checkers book.

Access a free summary of chess not checkers, by mark miller and 20000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Today, i want to officially introduce the chess not checkers field guide. The practical guide to warm start your dream optometric practice is the musthave book for optometry students, graduates and new professionals that desire to create their own successful optometry practice. Access a free summary of chess not checkers, by mark miller and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Nothing blake learned from his previous job seems to. Elevate your leadership game the high performance series book 1 ebook. This is actually more of a short storyand it is authored by mark miller, the vice president of leadership development at chickfila. If you have read any of marks previous works, this is one of his finest. I am a great admirer of mark miller, and his website, great leaders serve. His new book, chess not checkers, is headed to the bestsellers list. Elevate your leadership game high performance by mark miller isbn. In the fifth and final book of mark millers high performance series, he uses his trademark business fable format to show how any.

They bet on leadership, act as one, win the heart, and excel at execution. But master lasker as i call him showed me how little i really knew about winning at checkers. Acknowledgments if you have never written a book, let me share a secret with you. Chris heller, president, keller williams worldwide mark miller is an expert on leadership. Adam ramsey after breaking several barriers, took his experiences and created a masterplan for other optometrists who desire to open their own practice.

Elevate your leadership game the high performance series book 1 kindle edition by mark miller. It tells the story of a new ceo in over his head who lands a world class leadership coach who teaches him how to play chess not checkers an evocative metaphor that gave me a lot to think about. Further, mark miller has written a book entitled chess not checkers. Chess not checkers spiral bound edition field guide by. Apr 06, 2015 the book is entertaining as a novel yet packs profound insights into what it means to lead and succeed in todays business world. Chess not checkers is an accessible and easily applied guide to help leaders elevate their own leadership and the performance of their team. Elevate your leadership game the high performance series 9781626563940.

Chess not checkers free summary by mark miller getabstract. Chess not checkers summary by mark miller overdrive. In chess not checkers, mark miller tells the story of blake brown, newly appointed ceo of a company troubled by poor performance and low. Chess not checkers can be an interesting metaphor for business strategy. Architect your transformation sriram sabesan november 8, 2018 inspired by the book. I have previously enjoyed millers the secret with ken blanchard and his previous book the heart of leadership. Mark miller is well known as a business leader, bestselling author, and communicator. I have previously enjoyed millers the secret with ken blanchard and his previous book the heart of. Adapting four strategies from the game of chess, miller reveals four moves highperformance organizations make. Small firms can get by early on with a checkers mindset, but must switch to a chessnotcheckers mindset as they grow and their operations become more complex. Its symbolic for what happens as organizations grow. Marks latest book, chess not checkers, brings timeless leadership truths to a new light as. The book is entertaining as a novel yet packs profound insights into what it means to lead and succeed in todays business world.

I stay in my lane i dont do too much talking, cuz a lot of these niggas be pussy im watching my phone all the fake love calling im high as a bitch i been smoking. Author mark miller and a team of facilitators walked a large group through the content of his new book chess not checkers. The book combines basic checkers strategy with sun tses the art of war. Miller suggests that leaders wishing to develop worldclass organizations need to stop playing checkers and start learning to play chess. The author uses a fictional narrative to keep the material light and engaging. The chess not checkers field guide, a companion to the book, is a handson manual providing the insight and guidance to turn your company into a high performance organization and ensure you are thinking and acting strategically. The problem, his new mentor points out, is blake is playing the wrong game. The men and women who work there sustain performance at seemingly otherworldly levels of precision, accuracy, and consistency. Chess not checkers by mark miller overdrive rakuten. In chess not checkers, miller tells the story of blake brown, newly appointed ceo of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale. The narrative story could make the material more accessible to people who dont enjoy reading leadership material. Apr 06, 2015 as organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change.

Those who are not on board 100% do not belong with this organization. If you are new to leadership books, this is a good place to start. Chess vs checkers a lessonfilled game of leadership. In chess not checkers, mark miller has written a compelling and insightful guide to building a highperformance organization. Through realistic examples and instantly recognizable personalities, miller has distilled four powerful lessons to benefit leaders at all levels of their careers. Chess not checkers by mark miller penguin books australia. Elevate your leadership game audiobook written by mark miller. Apr 28, 2015 in chess not checkers, miller tells the story of blake brown, newly appointed ceo of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale.

Books which help leaders elevate their game are not unusual. During most leaders early careers, they play checkers a simple, reactive game. As organizations grow, the demands on leadership change. In chess not checkers, mark miller tells the story of blake brown, newly appointed ceo of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale. As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. Chess not checkers book trailer from mark miller plus. Apr 06, 2015 i am a great admirer of mark miller, and his website, great leaders serve. The novelstyle writing makes it hard to put down, but the leadership truths presented are excellent. This book does a good job of telling a parable of the potential for more involved thinking. Thats a question we considered at a workshop i attended recently.

This book really made me think about the strategy behind leading. The as organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. In a previous post, i wrote about what i learned in his book, the heart of leadership i was given the opportunity to read his latest book, chess not checkers, and once again, i found marks writings to be very valuable, especially for those of us who are looking to be better leaders. Chess, not checkers quotes showing 19 of 9 when you see recurring problems, the methods youve used successfully in the past have to be reevaluated. The book introduces readers to a first time ceo, blake brown, who finds himself in over his head in a struggling organization. Book description as organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. However, chess not checkers enters this busy arena promising new insights. While not a perfect one, chess is a clever analogy for strategy. Chess not checkers as organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. Planning ahead rather than always running to catch up. Elevate your leadership game in the early days of an organization, everybody does a little bit of everything. Rather, its an understandable application of strategy and planning that anyone can implement.

Weaknesses while the concept of chess not checkers is clever, the leadership advice is fairly introductory. About books all books high performance series the secret great leaders grow chess not checkers the heart of leadership services all services speaking coaching training contact. Chess not checkers booksamillion online book store. As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on. In the fifth and final book of mark millers high performance series, he uses his trademark business fable format to show how any organization can cultivate the kind of everyday habits that yield extraordinary results. Mar 14, 2017 in chess not checkers, mark miller tells the story of blake brown, newly appointed ceo of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale. Chess not checkers summary elevate your leadership game by mark miller. Chess not checkers, page 2 mark miller follows in the footsteps of authors like patrick lencioni the advantage, 2012. For more on chess not checkers, visit the book site. As vp of leadership development for chikfila, mark has taken the best principles of leadership and built both a strong organization as well as a loyal reading audience.