The long-expected book, Strategic Turnaround: Story of a Government Agency by former Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside would be released by Safari Books Limited in January 2021 in hardcover, paperback, digital, and audio book editions.
According to a statement from the publishing outfit, the 300-page book is a straightforward narrative of events, and turnaround initiatives embarked upon in the Agency in the four years of Dakuku’s management that changed NIMASA from a laggard institution to one of the most respected and admired government agencies in Nigeria.
The book critically explores leadership and management principles, both theoretically and practically, in a public sector setting, which anyone serious about improving performance in governance must pay attention to. More than a story of successes and failures, the book highlights critical lessons for those desirous of renewing, repositioning, or reforming public sector organisations.
This 13-chapter book expounds on strategic turnaround and performance optimisation in the public sector settings, just as readers will gain unusual insight into how government and regulatory agencies work and the complexities of achieving an extraordinary result in the face of the challenge of bureaucracy and multiple stakeholders with varied interests.
With a detailed piece about excellent goal setting in parastatals and agencies and how to achieve the set goals, Strategic Turnaround: Story of a Government Agency gives the reader ideas on how to move from goals to results in every chapter.
The book will not only heighten readers’ curiosity from the first page, but will also leave them with lessons that will make them think differently at the end of every chapter.
Copies of the book will be sold on African Books Collective website, Amazon marketplace, and reputable bookshops nationwide.
A six-city leadership coaching and speaking programme around the country in June 2021 will follow the release of the book.
Dr. Dakuku Peterside is a columnist, scholar, and management practitioner and has served at all levels of government and two arms of government. He is regarded as one of the best-known reform-minded public sector leaders around.
