Amplifiers: How Great Leaders Magnify the Power of Teams, Increase the Impact of Organizations, and Turn Up the Volume on Positive Change

Product Description
Wall Street Journal bestsellerDiscover how to enable strategic change efforts by relying on your best people
In Amplifiers, entrepreneur and expert management and technology consultant Tom Finegan delivers an insightful new way to think about human behavior in the execution of corporate transformations. Through an exploration of the career journeys of several leaders and analyses of "True Amplifiers" in action, the book demonstrates how to deliver strategic and transformative change by relying on the efforts of key, exemplary followers. This important book:
Explains the different ways that being a true amplifier is experienced by different ethnicities and genders
Describes the "Cell Concept" of amplifiers, and how they interact with other stakeholders of your organization
Discusses the work of amplifiers across global industries and organizations
Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders responsible for change management and strategic execution, Amplifiers also belongs on the bookshelves of anyone who hopes to contribute to or lead organizations as they change direction.
From the Inside Flap
In Amplifiers: How Great Leaders Magnify the Power of Teams, Increase the Impact of Organizations, and Turn Up the Volume on Positive Change, distinguished entrepreneur and business strategist Tom Finegan delivers a startlingly insightful take on human behavior during the execution of corporate transformations.
In this one-of-a-kind book, the accomplished author draws on his decades of experience founding and serving innovative companies to convincingly demonstrate that the key to realizing long-term and substantive corporate transformation is to rely on the efforts of key, exemplary followers.
You’ll discover a completely fresh and original take on the concept of “change management” that expands on old ideas and introduces new ways to think about how your employees act during times of business upheaval.
Amplifiers teaches its lessons via a series of explorations of the career journeys of exceptional leaders as they encounter the ups and downs, the successes and failures, of their own business journey. It juxtaposes the highs and lows of the careers of these leadership exemplars and draws insights from the peaks and the valleys of lives spent leading companies.
You’ll learn what it means to combine leadership and followership to create a “true amplifier” and what these individuals can do for your organization to enhance corporate performance. You’ll also discover the “Cell Concept” that explains how true amplifiers interact with, affect, and impact all the other people at your company.
Perfect for executives, managers, business advisors, board members, and any other business leader, Amplifiers will also earn a place in the libraries of those who seek to contribute to or lead organizations as they change direction.
From the Back Cover
PRAISE FOR AMPLIFIERS
“Tom Finegan shines a light on a special breed of employees who help good companies become great ones―those with powerful blends of leadership and followership. His book, Amplifiers provides a path for employees at all levels to develop these skills.”
―BILL STROMBERG, CEO, T. Rowe Price
“In his book Amplifiers, Tom Finegan takes a fresh look at leadership. This book won’t be the typical business book collecting dust on your shelf. Amplifiers will inspire readers in all stages of their career to find the boldness to lead and the courage to follow.”
―TOM PIKE, former CEO, Quintiles
“Amplifiers blends the special aspects of leadership and followership to unlock the power of employees to improve corporate performance and launch careers. Tom Finegan has pulled from his interactions with executives throughout his thirty-year career to bring this innovative insight forward in a practical way which can help any reader excel.”
―MONTY HAMILTON, Co-founder and CEO, Rural Sourcing
About the Author
TOM FINEGAN