All Summaries
All Summaries
Beginning in 1985, Champion International, one of the largest and oldest U.S. industrial companies, began a change process that transformed it from an underachieving tradition-bound organization into a...
For our age of rapid social and economic change, author Michael Maccoby proposes a new paradigm of leadership, one that is based on a classic Freudian personality trait – narcissism. Challenging prevailing theories of...
Success traditionally goes to those who set goals, make plans to achieve them, and carry out those plans. Individuals who have problems achieving usually plan or execute poorly. 1. Self-Evaluation will indicate where...
The Profit Zone is the arena of a company's economic activity where sustained high profit happens. Although every company pursues profit, few understand that going after market share and growth is not...
Every day, everyone, everywhere, sells something, be it a product, a service, or an idea. Not only does an individual’s ability to sell help them to achieve substantial income, it can also provide them with lifelong...
The key to high performance in the workplace goes beyond traditional “hard skills” — passion is an essential element of productivity. Employees who are able to identify a “passion and purpose” in their lives experience...
Successful innovation involves establishing goals and the actual implementation of ideas. The goals, which cover either improving existing product lines or establishing new lines or businesses, help shape growth based...
In The Pursuit of Something Better, authors Dave Esler and Myra Kruger tell the story of U.S. Cellular’s revolutionary transformation under the leadership of CEO Jack Rooney. Rooney’s instrument of...
Globalization is here to stay. Around the world, ideologies have made the permanent shift to acceptance of international business. Technology has finally caught up with businesses, creating online applications that...
In a business that has become overloaded with corporate buzzwords, Steve Farber finds that true leadership is best achieved by returning to basic principles that...
