Book Review: The Power of LEO

by Subir Chowdhury

Quality is of critical importance to today’s companies but the concept seems to cause confusion. According to noted quality expert and international best-selling author Subir Chowdhury, quality is frequently mislabeled as a destination rather than a continuous journey. Chowdhury is considered a global authority on the use of Design for Six Sigma, a distinction reflected in his book The Power of Six Sigma. He carries the importance of quality to a new level with his latest release The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results, now available in multiple digital formats as a Soundview Executive Book Summary.

The Power of LEO is Chowdhury’s effort to apply the principles of quality management to any organizational process. It follows a simple dynamic of three principles: Listen, Enrich and Optimize. Readers will understand the need for Chowdhury’s system within the first few pages. Chowdhury had an epiphany of sorts when he visited clients in the aftermath of a Six Sigma assessment. He asked members of the clients’ organizations how many of the Six Sigma solutions were actually implemented. In multiple situations, Chowdhury’s clients revealed that the solutions presented by Six Sigma were unable to be followed.

Chowdhury’s LEO system improves on other quality initiatives in its applicability across an organization’s leadership structure. Rather than rely on delegation methods that sequester responsibility for quality in various segments, the LEO principles centralize the concept of quality and make it a part of a company’s culture. Readers will find Chowdhury’s system easy to understand and implement. It will bring any company one step closer to the extraordinary results promised by the book’s subtitle.

To get your copy of The Power of LEO in any of Soundview’s multiple digital formats, visit Soundview’s Web site Summary.com.

Leadership, Quality and Work Ethic: Three New Must-Reads

While subscribers to Soundview Executive Book  Summaries frequently praise our variety of leadership titles, we take pride in the fact that our selections for the 30 Best Business Books each year help strengthen every aspect of an organization. To see a great example of this feature of Soundview, take a look at the three newest summaries to help your business reach new heights in quality, hiring and, of course, leadership.

by Eric Chester

Reviving Work Ethic by Eric Chester: Work ethic in America is fast declining, plaguing young and old alike. But in Reviving Work Ethic, Eric Chester shows that you do best to focus on your young employees — those whose habits and ideals can still be influenced. He presents an incisive look at the root of the entitlement mentality that afflicts many in the emerging workforce and shows readers the specific actions they can take to give their employees a deep commitment to performing excellent work. His advice is crucial to a healthy bottom line: too often, talented-but-difficult-to-understand younger workers stand between your company and its profits.

 

 

 

by Subir Chowdhury

The Power of LEO by Subir Chowdhury: Subir Chowdhury is the long-established global authority on the critical importance of quality and how to achieve it with Design for Six Sigma. Now, he takes it to the next level by showing you how to build quality into the DNA of your entire organization. In The Power of LEO, he describes how continuous focus on quality improvement can revolutionize any process from manufacturing operations to managerial decision making.

 

 

 

by Mike Figliuolo

One Piece of Paper by Mike Figliuolo: Based on leadership expert Mike Figliuolo’s popular “Leadership Maxims” training course, One Piece of Paper teaches decisive, effective leadership by taking a holistic approach to defining one’s personal leadership philosophy. Through a series of simple questions, readers will create a living document that communicates their values, passions, goals and standards to others, maximizing their leadership potential.

Don’t forget, each of these summaries are available in multiple digital formats. To learn more and to get your copy, visit Soundview’s Web site, Summary.com.