"Until now, management wisdom would have you believe that the single most important thing leaders have to get right is alignment. But in The Right Fight: How Great Leaders Use Healthy Conflict to Drive Performance, Innovation, and Value, authors Saj-nicole Joni and Damon Beyer show that fostering productive dissent is essential for achieving peak performance.
This groundbreaking book demonstrates "right fights" need to be well designed and carried out to be effective. Alignment cannot be ignored; without it, organizations can be plagued with bitter, energy-draining wrong fights. But a certain amount of healthy struggle is good for organizations. Right fights unleash the creative, productive potential of teams, organizations, and communities. Joni and Beyer provide a practical guide to harnessing the power of Right Fights for results in every organization. Indeed, the strategies outlined in The Right Fight can be applied just about everywhere you look.
The Right Fight turns management thinking on its head and shows why leaders in the fast-moving, hyper-competitive marketplaces of the twenty-first century need to foster alignment and controversy to get the best results. Drawing from examples as diverse as Microsoft, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Dell, the Clinton administration, and the Katy Independent School District, here is your playbook for picking the right battles and fighting them well."