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Achieving Breakthrough Performance
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
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July 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Stanford University, Center for Social Innovation Summer 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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From the Girl Scouts, to Partners In Health, to the city of Providence, R.I., great organizations have one thing in common: great managers. These managers, in turn, share four simple management principles that they use to guide organizations from mere mediocrity to stand-out stardom.
Much has been written about what makes a great leader. Although we agree that successful managers must have the attributes of a great leader, by themselves these attributes are not enough. Many great leaders still do not build successful organizations.
Much has also been written about what makes a great organization. But again, poor managers can cause great organizations to lose momentum. Our concern is ...