{"title":"Sumeet Kumar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSumeet Kumar\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful works that delve into the art of leadership and business strategy. His writing emphasises practical wisdom and courageous decision-making, making complex concepts accessible for aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful guidance on developing effective leadership skills, fostering innovation, and navigating the challenges of today’s business world. Kumar’s books inspire confidence and clarity for those seeking to make significant impact in their professional lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"courageous-leadership-by-sumeet-kumar-9781138104389","title":"Courageous Leadership","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCourageous Leadership: The Missing Link to Creating a Lean Culture of Excellence\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the first of its kind to address the confusion among leaders on selecting the type of change approach that will yield the best results in their organisation. It educates senior executive leaders and organisational excellence practitioners on the different characteristics of change and explains why incremental and transitional change approaches cannot deliver the results expected from a transformational change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author shares his experiences from leading several small and large-scale organisation transformations in multiple industries across different countries, demonstrating how to establish a robust foundation for an excellence journey and integrate strategy into daily operations. This book elaborates on the types of courage and what it means to be a courageous leader while leading change in difficult situations, highlighting what leaders do differently to put the organisation on a path to excellence and culture transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an innovative design, methodology, and approach that combines best practices and principles from Malcolm Baldrige, Shingo, Lean, Six Sigma, Balanced Scorecard, accreditation, change management, patient and family-centred care, the Competing Values Framework, the LEADS framework, and the project management body of knowledge. The implementation of this model at a hospital in Canada advanced the organisation further on their transformational journey compared to others who began much earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Sensei” in Japanese means Teacher and “Gyaan” in Sanskrit means Knowledge. Brief sections on ‘Sensei Gyaan’ have been interspersed throughout the book to provide valuable tips to readers based on the author’s experiential learnings over the past two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book serves as a practical guide for senior executive leaders and organisational excellence practitioners who wish to embark on or are in various stages of their organisational excellence and culture transformation journey. Readers will be guided through 26 elements necessary for establishing a robust foundation and an additional set of 22 Management System elements required to create and sustain a culture of quality across the organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor leaders in healthcare, the book provides a framework, guiding principles, and associated practices that support the implementation of the four core concepts of patient and family-centred care: dignity and respect, information sharing, participation, and collaboration. Included in the book are several examples with creative visuals, ready-to-use templates and standard works, models, guiding principles, and strategies based on best practices to assist leaders in their organisation excellence journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605361344748,"sku":"9781138104389","price":89.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138104389-courageous-leadership.jpg?v=1778130552"},{"product_id":"courageous-leadership-by-sumeet-kumar-9781138104396","title":"Courageous Leadership","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCourageous Leadership: The Missing Link to Creating a Lean Culture of Excellence\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the first of its kind to wade through the confusion among leaders on selecting the type of change approach that will get the best results in their organisation. It educates senior executive leaders and organisational excellence practitioners on the different characteristics of change and answers why the approach to incremental and transitional change cannot deliver the results expected from a transformational change. The author shares his experiences from leading several small and large-scale organisation transformations in multiple industries across different countries on how to establish a robust foundation for an excellence journey and integrate strategy into daily operations. This book elaborates on the types of courage and what it means to be a courageous leader while leading change in difficult situations, and what leaders do differently for putting the organisation on a path to excellence and culture transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book shares an innovative design, a methodology and an approach that combines best practices and principles from Malcolm Baldrige, Shingo, Lean, Six Sigma, Balanced Scorecard, accreditation, change management, patient and family-centred care, the Competing Values Framework, the LEADS framework, and the project management body of knowledge. The implementation of this model at a hospital in Canada propelled the organisation further ahead on their transformational journey compared to other organisations that started much earlier. Sensei in Japanese means Teacher and Gyaan in Sanskrit means Knowledge. Brief sections on ‘Sensei Gyaan’ have been interspersed throughout the book to provide valuable tips to the readers based on the author’s experiential learnings over the past two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book serves as a practical guide for senior executive leaders and organisational excellence practitioners, who wish to embark or are in various stages of their organisational excellence and culture transformation journey. Readers will be guided through 26 elements necessary for establishing a robust foundation and an additional set of 22 Management System elements required to create and sustain a culture of quality across the organisation. For leaders in healthcare, the book provides a framework, guiding principles, and associated practices that support the implementation of the 4 core concepts of patient and family-centred care, namely, dignity and respect, information sharing, participation and collaboration. 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