[Re]Create the Organization You Really Want!

(Re)Create is a masterful, comprehensive, and systematic resource for how to craft a relevant, prosperous, dynamic, and sustainable business! John Latham’s breadth of academic and practical leadership experiences shine through in an engaging, thoughtful, and approachable set of ideas, tools, and principles for achieving both business success and leadership significance! If you have time to read only one business book this year – make it (Re)Create! Better yet, buy a copy for your entire team and together (re)create the optimal culture, execute operational excellence, and craft engaging experiences that drive loyalty and advocacy of your people and your customers.

This book provides corporate leaders and entrepreneurs with a holistic road-map for organizational transformation by perfectly balancing the softer and harder aspects of change management. It is highly recommended for leaders and companies on the Baldrige journey.

I greatly enjoyed this book. It adds immensely to the body of Leadership knowledge from John’s experience and extensive research. I can verify the quality of the information provided through my learnings and observations over the years. It should be required reading for all leaders!

This new book from Dr. Latham captures his in-depth knowledge of complex organizations in a variety of industry sectors. His use of a variety of visual portrays, such as tables, diagrams, etc., can be a great benefit to the significant proportion of the population who are “visual learners.”

I especially appreciated his explicit attention to various stakeholder groups and the effects they have on organizational design. One only needs to review the recent Wells Fargo Bank issues related to the design and management of their incentive programs to appreciate the consequences of poor design and leadership.

On a separate stakeholder dimension, Latham’s attention to the various “surrogates” who can represent participants (plants, animals, soils, and the atmosphere alike) in the biosphere help the reader understand what “giving voice” really means. Building on this foundation, the concept of voice could be extended further with even more attention given to posterity or “future generations.”

In summary, this book can be of great assistance to the leaders of many organizations who recognize the power or competitive advantage that accrues to those who seek to lead effectively and create value for multiple stakeholders in the 21st Century!

Dr. John Latham’s latest book ‘[Re] Create The Organization You Really Want!’ is a complete ready reckoner, backed by exhaustive research findings in all aspects of Organizational Transformation for sustaining excellence. This is a one-stop shop for all that a leader has to know and do towards rebuilding the organization that would help him/her to achieve extraordinary performance.

The book takes the reader in a systematic manner through all the steps of Redesign and emphasis rightly on the Systems Framework for improving the overall effectiveness.

What I liked about this book is that it makes the readers think through their own organizational problems through well-crafted ‘Reflection Questions’ at the end of each chapter.

I wholeheartedly endorse this book to every leader and all those who are interested in improving the performance excellence of their organization in the most effective manner.

Dr. Latham has crafted a book that gives leaders and organization architects at all levels, in all types of organizations, a comprehensive leadership blueprint for understanding and [re]creating their organization to achieve sustainable excellence.