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Contents

First Edition Reviews 7
Acknowledgements 13
Preface to the Second Edition 17
Foreword 21
Preface 25

Part I: The Promises

Chapter: 01 The Upbeat Promises 41
Chapter: 02 Gearing Up to Deliver! 13
Chapter: 03 Getting Employees Emotionally Engaged 17

Part II: The Performance

Preamble to Part II 135
Chapter: 04 The Death of Common Sense 138
Chapter: 05 The Merry Go Round 153
Chapter: 06 Sheer In Difference 161

Part III: The Cultural Schizophrenia

Preamble to Part III 169
Chapter: 07 The Genesis of Cultural Schizophrenia 172
Chapter: 08 The Force of ‘Numbers’ 176
Chapter: 09 The Policy Paradox 195
Chapter: 10 Complaints about Complaint Management 210
Chapter: 11 Communication Disconnect 232
Chapter: 12 Outsource the Task, Not Responsibility! 245
Chapter: 13 Knowledge & Training 256
Chapter: 14 The Defining Gap: Performance 265
Chapter: 15 The People Factor 284
Chapter: 16 Culture of Discipline 269
Chapter: 17 The Postscript to Part III 318

Part IV: Back to Basics

Preamble to Part IV 361
Chapter: 18 Afterthought 364
What Business Leaders Can Learn From ‘Moments of Truth’ 374
Try to Part as Friends and You May Never Part!! 382
The Ultimate Values Test 369
Impact of a Gesture 391
Appendix I 393
Appendix II 395
Appendix III 397
Notes & References 399
List of Abbreviations (Alphabetic Order) 405
Index 409