Radical, creative, often extreme, and incredibly successful management techniques from a leading global entrepreneur

Written from the point of view of someone achieving business success in today's turbulent economy, Forget Strategy. Get Results offers you a fresh way of thinking about successfully managing any sort of business, under any conditions. Controversial, thought-provoking, and entertaining, it delivers TelecityGroup founder and former CEO, Michael Tobin OBE's, unconventional approach to management and shares the lessons he's learned on his path to building one of the world's largest data center provider companies. Radical, creative, often extreme, the techniques it describes are the same ones Michael used every day at TelecityGroup, and with which he has achieved nothing short of awe-inspiring results.

• Inspiration and practical tips for managers or business leaders who are stuck in a rut and in search of new ways to motivate their teams, make bolder decisions and handle change with more agility
• Makes managers at all levels rethink and reassess the way they plan, manage, and deliver vision in their organizations
• Identifies eleven fundamental rules that any manager or leader can adopt at any level in any organization
• Identifies the core characteristics that underpin Michael Tobin's, OBE controversial management philosophy and illustrates how they have been applied with fascinating, often hilarious stories and vignettes

About the Author

Michael Tobin, OBE is leading the field in a fresh way of thinking about how to manage in business. As Chief Executive, Michael Tobin OBE led TelecityGroup plc, a leading FTSE250 Technology company from 2002 to 2014. Michael has over 28 years' experience in senior roles across the telecommunications and technology sector. He joined Redbus in 2002 delisting it from the main market to AIM, and then took it private. After engineering the merger with TeleCity, and the acquisition of Globix he successfully re-listed TelecityGroup in October 2007. Subsequently he acquired businesses in Manchester, Helsinki, Dublin, Sofia, Istanbul and Warsaw transforming the company from a GBP6m market cap in 2002 to being a top performer in the FTSE250 worth over GBP1.6Bn, being recognised as Britain's Most admired Tech Company in 2012.
Michael is a regular speaker at events such as: TEDex and the World Economic Forum. He is active in Government and charity work and sits on the board of The Prince's Trust. He has won numerous awards including London Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year, twice, and Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of The Year.

Reviews
a fun and breezy read (People Management, April 2014) His book is a refreshing antidote to the blandness of so many how I made it big business books. In it, he commends a very different style of leadership to the usual, preferring instinct, quirkiness and chance-taking over the usual management-speak. (IDG Connect, April 2014) A wonderful read. Not for the faint-hearted. (Dialogue, June 2014) well worth reading as it will challenge your 'norms' and make you think about how you really can get the best out of your people. (CMI Book Club, July 2014)



Book Information
ISBN 9781118808788
Author Michael Tobin
Format Paperback
Page Count 246
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 404g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 158mm * 19mm