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A Field Guide for Developing Organizational Systems that Deliver Sustainable Value
Walter E. Fick
“If you left tomorrow, what would your organization be able to do that it couldn’t do before you arrived?”
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Reader perspective
This isn’t theory you read. It’s diagnostic work you do. The worksheets forced me to apply the framework to my actual situation, and I found structural gaps I had been working around for years without realizing it. If you are tired of repeatedly firefighting the same problems, this is the book.
M. KlingesRelationship Manager
The Field Guide Tools are what separate this from most of what’s on the leadership shelf. Each one made me stop and apply the chapter’s argument to a real situation I was facing. I returned to several of them more than once, which is the highest compliment I can pay a working book.
K. ClaarStrategy & Operations Leader
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Use the two paths already defined by the book: begin with the problem you have now, or use the diagnostic to identify the pillar that needs attention first.
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Three pillars, one system
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Chapter guides
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Expertise makes it capable. Chapters 7 to 12.
Browse chapter guides →Empowerment makes it generative. Chapters 13 to 18.
Browse chapter guides →Tap a pillar or a circle to explore
Expertise makes it capable. Chapters 7 to 12.
Browse chapter guidesEmpowerment makes it generative. Chapters 13 to 18.
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All eighteen Field Guide Tools on letter-size pages with room to write, ready for a three-ring binder. Print a fresh copy each time you run a tool.
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The book’s frameworks, ready for your own team meetings and slides.
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Go deeper into the sources that shaped the thinking in the book.
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Read the chapter that opens Part Three in full: Empowerment Is Not Delegation.
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A six-session Team Reading Guide: three chapters, one shared tool and one structural commitment per session.
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For teams
A six-session Team Reading Guide: three chapters, one shared tool and one structural commitment per session.
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The Systems-Building Leader Walter E. Fick