Welcome to The Right Fight

the right fight book"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."

 
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How To Pick a Good Fight


In the December 2009 issue of HBR, the authors make the case that conflict-free teamwork can be the worst thing to ever happen to an company. Healthy dissent keeps an organization on its toes - provided leaders make fights fair and constructive." Read More

Strategy & Business

When the head of a division had an impossible target to meet, the only way forward was to set up a constructive battle between allies — with the intent of finding a solution that would be better for everyone.Read More

Praise for The Right Fight

"Anybody in any organization who has any responsibility must read this book." -Warren Bennis

Distinguished Professor of Business: University of Southern California, and author of On Becoming a Leader. Read More