"(Brian Dive's) principles have continued to contribute to
global
reorganization, started in 1996, aimed at delivering outstanding business
perfomance and growth"
Niall FitzGerald, Chairman Unilever plc
"Brian Dive has produced an important book that explains why
many
organizations are unhealthy. He clearly sets out his approach to people and management and deomonstrates
how to achieve a healthy organization that is designed to enable employees
to serve their customers and achieve personal satisfaction."
Sir Terry Leahy, CEO Tesco
"Top executives and HR professionals addressing ever tougher
corporate
governance, global market competition and talent demands will find this
book
a distinctive aid to action."
Stephen Perkins, author of Globalisation:The people dimension.
“Simple organizational structure and clear accountability are necessary conditions
for the exercise of effective leadership. In this comprehensive book Brian Dive has
made a most useful contribution in reminding us of these fundamentals.”
John Adair, the world’s first Professor of Leadership Studies
“An eminently readable and refreshing book. More importantly, a must-read for
operating managers, not just HR professionals.”
R Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd,
and author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager
“An excellent read. The benefit of truly accountable leaders is that they are able to
create effective structures where their staff know what is expected of them, and can
improve the business for customers.”
Jane Storm, Group Head of Talent, Organization Design
and Performance at Tesco
"The book is a must-read for business leaders and educators,
senior HR
professionals and consultants."
Businessworld India
"Dive's ideas do stick in the mind, and they are certainly ones
that
any company would find worth its while to remember."
New Manager
"Dive clearly indicates the problems facing busness, and how
an
organization should behave to effectively meet the demands of customers,
employees, competitors and shareholders."
Personnel Today
"This book is an excellent, pragmatic framework for organizational
development. The chapter on
managment development will be illuminating for the HR and training
professional."
Training Journal
"Rarely does a management book encompass such well-researched
and
tested ideas coupled iwth sound advice for management."
Management Services
"The process worked at yes,Tesco and Unilever."
The Times
"Dive's book is new and its an interesting spin on long-standing
issues. It is unlikely to kill the patient and might well breathe new
life
into some. It is, afterall, based on a great deal of field trial."
New Zealand Management
"Very readable, coherent and articulate."
The Times Higher Education Supplement
