POWERED BY PRINCIPLE

Using Core Values to Build World-Class Organisations

by AMIE J DEVERO

To see more Inkstone Press titles click here

New softcover book, 190 pages. Published 2008. A Business Bookshelf publication

In the course of six years of research and more than fifteen years of field work, Amie Devero has distinguished many of the key characteristics common to the thousands of organisations that maintain better than average results and ethical performance over the long term. What stood out was the degree to which they all use deep-seated core values for their decision-making and management.

If you are a leader or a manager, an investor or a student, the tools and practices that are presented here will become indispensible. Powered by Principle not only explains why these types of organisations do so well, but provides a detailed, step by step guide for how to create this kind of dynamic and aligned organisation. Along with these new general principles, Amie has linked her approach to today's most cutting edge strategic thinking: Strategy Mapping and Balanced Scorecards as developed by Norton and Kaplan at Harvard Business School. This interrelationship of strategic planning and execution with the Powered by Principle approach allows for the creation of fully aligned and high-performing organizations that produce consistently outstanding results.

From the rationale to the exact type of process one should use to measure the expression of core values, every step is outlined here. Along the way, you will also gain knowledge of ways to develop your own thinking and mindset for this profound journey to become Principle-Powered. Regardless of your title, role or tenure, you will find a way to make your organisation far better, and to make yourself better along the way.

About the author

Amie Devero has over twenty years of experience in helping organizations and people produce extraordinary results. She was educated at Bennington College, Harvard University and The London School of Economics, and holds two masters degrees. Despite her formal education though, Amie says that life, business and occasional hardship have really been the best teachers. But every now and then it doesn't hurt to have read some books and written some term papers.

Amie has been a professional dancer, a business owner, a turnaround specialist and a radio talk host. Over the years she has spoken to hundreds of audiences and provided training to over 10,000 adults. She is well-published on a variety of subjects including organizational culture, living core values, increasing productivity and strategic thought and execution.

Amie is the founder of The Devero Group, a boutique management consulting firm that brings world-class thinking to organizations comitted to producing outstanding changes in their results. She lives in Tampa, Florida where she hosts a show on WEDU television. When she isn't writing, speaking or consulting, Amie is an avid runner and swimmer, sometime triathlete and a devoted crossword puzzle and mystery lover.

For more information about Amie, please click here. For more information about The Devero Group, please click here.

Powered by Principle - Amie J Devero