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Subject(s)

• Leadership—Case studies [Browse]
• Executives—Case studies [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Case studies [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Managing organizations
• Harness the power of a business mission : learning from bill gates
• Create customer value : learning from Lou Gerstner
• Make effective decisions : learning from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
• Recognize the true nature of the problem : learning from M. C. Escher
• Make the right compromise : learning from King Solomon
• Just do it! : keep fine-tuning the right strategy : learning from Phil Knight
• Structure your organization around the customer! : learning from Michael Dell
• Be productive : learning from Frederick Winslow Taylor
• Demand effective management : learning from Warren Buffett
• Understand profit, strive for independence : learning from Coco Chanel
• Harness information : learning from Paul Julius Reuter
• Understand your sphere of action : learning from James Wilson
• Recognize inflection points and utilize performance indicators : learning from Andy Grove
• Secure feedback : learning from James Watt
• Managing innovation
• Implement ideas : learning from Steve Jobs
• Remember, innovations are rarely welcomes with open arms : learning from Gustave Eiffel
• Question every assumption : learning from Nicolaus Copernicus
• Innovate systematically : learning from Thomas Edison
• Exploit success : learning from Dietrich Mateschitz
• Practice purposeful abandonment : learning from Herbert von Karajan
• Practice creative destruction : learning from Joseph Schumpeter
• Combine existing know-how into something new : learning from Ettore Bugatti
• Exploit opportunities arising from new technologies : learning from Larry page
• Recognize the future that has already happened : learning from Ray Kroc
• Managing people
• Focus on a single objective : learning from Michelangelo
• Be results driven : learning from Michael Schumacher
• Draw on your strengths : learning from Albert Einstein
• Manage by objectives : learning from Gustav Mahler
• Plan meticulously : learning from Napoleon Bonaparte
• Be true to your own values : learning from Winston Churchill
• Surround yourself with good people : learning from Jack Welch
• Create a culture of effectiveness : learning from Herb Kelleher
• Nurture and develop people : learning from David Packard
• Invest in training : learning from Alexander von Humboldt
• Seek wise dialogue partners : learning from Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne
• Clearly define jobs and assignments : learning from general George Patton
• Establish effective cooperation : learning from Joe Biden
• Recognize the most important promotion : learning from Barack Obama
• Embody integrity : learning from general George Marshall
• Harness the potential of women : learning from Hillary Clinton
• Make clever use of your time : learning from Stephen Hawking
• Perfect your own working methods : learning from Benjamin Franklin
• Create trust : learning from Levi Strauss
• Make a life plan : what will your most important contribution be? : learning from Peter F. Drucker
• Be demanding of yourself and strive for perfection : learning from Giuseppe Verdi
• Find meaning, then use it! : learning from Viktor Frankl
• Harness the power of discipline : learning from Thomas Mann
• Motivate yourself : learning from Roger Federer
• Derive enjoyment from your profession : learning from Leonard Bernstein
• Think constructively : learning from Niki Lauda
• Act responsibly : learning from Hippocrates
• Foster creativity all life long : learning from Pablo Picasso
• Assume responsibility : learning from Harry Truman
• Look after yourself : learning from Jamie Oliver
• Commit yourself to more than just your own wellbeing : learning from Muhammad Yunus.

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ISBN

• 9780071770514 (alk. paper)
• 0071770518 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2011029491

OCLC

721903291

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