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The Two Minute Drill
Lessons for Rapid Organizational Improvement from America's Greatest Game
Clinton O. Longenecker (Author), Greg R. Papp (Author), Timothy C. Stansfield (Author)
9781118431160, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 19 April 2012
288 pages
22.7 x 15.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg
Authors Clinton Longenecker, Greg Papp, and Timothy Stansfield reveal that all too often business organizations are defeated while the clock is still ticking. Bogged down by sluggish business practices that stifle change, they are unable to pick up the pace when necessary to score and win. The Two-Minute Drill translates football’s lessons for business leaders who want to succeed in today’s competitive marketplace. The book clearly shows what it takes to accelerate change and improvement within any type of organization.
Foreword xi Prologue: Speed and Execution Are the Keys to Success 1 1 The Two-Minute Drill Mind-Set: Eight Winning Principles Business Leaders Can Learn from the Great Game of Football 15 2 You Are the Quarterback: Leading Your Organization to Improve 39 3 Know the Score and Defi ne Winning: How Is Your Organization Really Performing, and What Do You Really Want to Achieve? 67 4 Create Your Scouting Report and Game-Day Match-Ups: Identify Potential Opponents to Change 91 5 Create an Extreme Focus and a Sense of Urgency: A Plan for Implementing Rapid Change 113 6 Develop Your Winning Two-Minute Drill Package: Get the Right Players on the Field and Take Ownership of the Plan 135 7 Snap the Ball and Execute the Right Plays: Execution Is Critical to Improvement 161 8 Close Out the Game, Then Celebrate: Don't Reward "Victory" Until You See Truly Lasting Success 191 9 Conduct a Postgame Press Conference and Analysis: Review Your Successes So That You and Others Can Do Even Better in the Future 215 Epilogue: Winning Is Better Than Losing 239 Endnotes 251 Acknowledgments 255 About the Authors 257 Index 261
Marvin Lewis
Football Example: UT vs. Pitt, 2003
Business Example: Problems with Six Sigma
Football Example: Broncos vs. Browns, 1987
Business Example: Poor leadership at a distribution center
Football Example: USC vs. Notre Dame, 2005
Business Example: Improving new product delivery time and quality
Football Example: Dolphins vs. Jets, 1994
Business Example: Improving a company's price-quoting system
Football Example: Patriots vs. Panthers, 2004 Super Bowl
Business Example: Natural gas shortage crisis
Football Example: 49ers vs. Bengals, 1989 Super Bowl
Business Example: TMS Engineering
Football Example: Titans vs. Rams, 2000 Super Bowl
Business Example: CTSK Industries’ cost-cutting measures
Football Example: Kentucky vs. LSU, 2002
Business Example: Kingswood Valley Healthcare
Football Example: Indianapolis Colt postgame press conference (after playing New York Jets), 2006
Business Example: Tri-X Corporation
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
