Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic ChangeHarper Collins, 16 dic 2003 - 304 páginas Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? sums up Lou Gerstner's historic business achievement, bringing IBM back from the brink of insolvency to lead the computer business once again.Offering a unique case study drawn from decades of experience at some of America's top companies -- McKinsey, American Express, RJR Nabisco -- Gerstner's insights into management and leadership are applicable to any business, at any level. Ranging from strategy to public relations, from finance to organization, Gerstner reveals the lessons of a lifetime running highly successful companies. |
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... employees . Over the past two years , after people began speculating that my retirement might be just around the corner , I thought I'd get a lot of big - picture questions that outgoing CEOS get about the economy , the world , and the ...
... employees . Over the past two years , after people began speculating that my retirement might be just around the corner , I thought I'd get a lot of big - picture questions that outgoing CEOS get about the economy , the world , and the ...
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... I also remarked that we had to stop saying that IBM didn't lay off people . " Our employees must find it duplicitous and out of touch with what has been going on for the last year . " ( In fact 22 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance ?
... I also remarked that we had to stop saying that IBM didn't lay off people . " Our employees must find it duplicitous and out of touch with what has been going on for the last year . " ( In fact 22 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance ?
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... employees don't need any rah - rah speeches . We need leadership and a sense of direction and momentum , not just from me but from all of us . I don't want to see a lot of prophets of doom around here . I want can - do people looking ...
... employees don't need any rah - rah speeches . We need leadership and a sense of direction and momentum , not just from me but from all of us . I don't want to see a lot of prophets of doom around here . I want can - do people looking ...
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... employees very early . “ Let me know the meetings you are scheduled to hold over the next few weeks and recommend whether I should at- tend or not . " I asked if there were any questions . There were none . I walked around and shook ...
... employees very early . “ Let me know the meetings you are scheduled to hold over the next few weeks and recommend whether I should at- tend or not . " I asked if there were any questions . There were none . I walked around and shook ...
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... employees . I was taken by the fact that this board - within - a - board discussed in more detail the finan- cial outlook for the company than the subsequent discussion held with the full Board of Directors . The full board meeting ...
... employees . I was taken by the fact that this board - within - a - board discussed in more detail the finan- cial outlook for the company than the subsequent discussion held with the full Board of Directors . The full board meeting ...
Índice
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Out to the Field | 41 |
Operation Bear Hug | 49 |
Stop the Bleeding and Hold the Vision | 56 |
Creating the Leadership Team | 73 |
Creating a Global Enterprise | 83 |
Back on the Beach | 103 |
PART IIICULTURE | 179 |
On Corporate Culture | 181 |
An InsideOut World | 189 |
Leading by Principles | 200 |
PART IVLESSONS LEARNED | 217 |
FocusYou Have to Know and Love | 219 |
Execution Strategy Goes Only So Far | 229 |
Leadership Is Personal | 235 |
A Brief History of IBM | 113 |
Making the Big Bets | 121 |
Servicesthe Key to Integration | 128 |
Building the Worlds Already Biggest | 136 |
Opening the Company Store | 146 |
Unstacking the Stack and Focusing the Portfolio | 153 |
The Emergence of ebusiness | 165 |
Reflections on Strategy | 176 |
Elephants Can Dance | 242 |
IBMa Farewell | 253 |
APPENDICES | 259 |
Appendix AThe Future of ebusiness | 261 |
Appendix BFinancial Overview | 277 |
Index | 286 |
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