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Why do organizations repeat the same leadership and management mistakes, generation after generation, despite a century of better alternatives? Why does a better management system die when a new CEO arrives? And why does more data, more training, and more evidence rarely change how leaders lead?

Why Management Stays the Same answers these questions and more. It shows that classical management is not simply a set of outdated practices. It is a self-reproducing system rooted in preconceptions thousands of years old and passed on as one climbs the hierarchy. It is filtered through what leaders judge to be beautiful or ugly, protected by the status, rights and privileges it confers, and renewed with each new generation of top leaders.

This volume is a synthesis of a six-book series written by Bob Emiliani and published between 2018 and 2023. It brings their key concepts together into a single practical diagnostic framework with five layers: Roots, Ascent, Judgment, Protection and Persistence. Each layer is traced through history, connected to everyday practice, and translated into what it means for leaders, managers, employees, and the company.
Inside you will find:

• Eleven diagnostic tools for examining preconceptions, metrics, responses to problems, language, and the risk that improvements will be reversed
• Eight strategies for making progress within real-world constraints
• Guidance for senior leaders, board members, managers and improvement professionals, as well as consultants and trainers
• Illustrations from healthcare, government, higher education, software, financial services and manufacturing
• Key points and actions at the end of every chapter
• A 90-day plan for getting started

Whether you lead, manage, or aspire to, this book will help you clearly understand the management system you work in and gives you many options for improving it.