Eleadership: Proven Techniques for Creating an Environment of Speed and Flexibility in the Digital Economy

by Susan Annunzio and Julie Liesse

In order to challenge the old rules, inspire a cynical workforce, and force executives to rethink how they do business, Annunzio identifies a number of business strategies. Among them are identifying... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743204387
• ISBN13: 9780743204385
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

It's a Dipper!

I finished this lovely little book about 10 days ago. Is the book any good? Well, I have already been using some of what I found in there with my clients and my employees, both to good effect. That would be a yes! :) One of the things I really like about the book is that it is a "dipper". I can browse through and stop at almost any page, dip in and pick up an illustrative real life story that reminds me of things I could do, suggests new things I might do or confirms things I am doing. This book is both a great reminder and an inspiring boot in the ***.

Don't Be Misled by the "e"

This book is bigger than the "e" we've grown tired of..."e everything." This is a book about how to position your company for today and whatever the next wave of change might be, whether it is away from or back to the .com revolution. Annunizio is more than a writer or consultant, she is a zealot. It is clear in her writing that she has lived through the fear and thrill of making fundamental organizational changes, as an insider putting her job at risk and a consultant putting her fees at risk. What she offers us in this book is practical, common-sense, doable and, yet, scarey. The last quality is what makes it worth doing. If it were not scarey, it would be just another "change of the month." However, don't just pick one or two ideas from this book and then expect to transform your company. This is a comprehensive change program...one of the few we've ever been offerred in such detail and with such an easy to read and easy to follow format. I bet one of the other reviewers is right. If you bring Annunzio to your company, she will shake it at its' roots, not with the funny quips of Tom Peters, but with any one of the mind-bending questions that she poses in her chapters. I'm sending this book to all my burned-out colleagues.

A Must For Change Management and Communications Leaders

The author is one of the foremost experts on communication and change management. Her insights and ideas on how to drive change in an organization are truly unsurpassed. Ms. Annunzio is someone who writes from actual experience and her book is a virtual manual for any leader who is responsible for communication or change management in their organization -- and these days, what good leader isn't? I give this book my highest possible recommendation.

Inspiration and guidance for those of us in the trenches!

One of the great paradoxes of the technology-driven economy is that people have become more critical to business success than ever. None of the New Economy rhetoric about technology-driven business models and disruptive technology alters the fact that it is people in the end who will make the difference between the winners and losers in the marketplace. And inspiring and leading the kind of people who will make the most difference is becoming more complicated and challenging than ever, particularly in the big old companies that still rule the roost.Susan Annunzio understands these challenges. She has a perceptive ability to identify the behavior that presents the most formidible challenges, empathize with the players, and pinpoint the leadership skills and talents that can transform large companies into rejuvenated market leaders.eLeadership is written in an enthusiastic, breezy style; it makes one want to rush back out into the corporation and make believe that even the most lumbering and complex organization can think and act like a dot.com for just long enough to pull off the improbable! Dot.corp leaders will not only draw inspiration from this book; they will also take comfort from knowing that they have shared the pain with so many of the managers Ms. Annunzio interviewed for her study.

4.5 rounds up to 5 stars

I met Susan Annunzio on December 1 and since then her book has been on the fast-track to becoming required reading at e-GM. The only thing better than Susan's upfront approach in her book, is Susan Annunzio in person. The writing style is as conversational as having Susan over for coffee (although you may have to strap yourself in for the ride). The content hits home and resonates with those who get it and reaches out to those who really want to understand. If you already believe in the necessity of cultural transformation, the book will energize you. Indeed, prophets need encouragement. If you're in a leadership position and disappointed that your company's new culture hasn't come with the wave of your hand, Susan's book identifies the real work necessary to begin. OK, so the title is tired; tear off the cover as the first demonstration that you understand it takes more than wrapping paper to live and breathe real cultural change.