Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic ChangeWho 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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... 6 Stop the Bleeding (and Hold the Vision) 56 7 Creating the Leadership Team 73 8 Creating a Global Enterprise 83 9 Reviving the Brand 88 10 Resetting the Corporate Compensation Philosophy 93 11 Back on the Beach 103 PART ll-STRATEGY ...
... 6 Stop the Bleeding (and Hold the Vision) 56 7 Creating the Leadership Team 73 8 Creating a Global Enterprise 83 9 Reviving the Brand 88 10 Resetting the Corporate Compensation Philosophy 93 11 Back on the Beach 103 PART ll-STRATEGY ...
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... So Far 229 25 Leadership Is Personal 235 26 Elephants Can Dance 242 27 IBM— a Farewell 253 APPENDICES Appendix A — The Future of e-business 261 Appendix B — Financial Overview 277 Index 286 Foreword have never said to myself, "Gee, ...
... So Far 229 25 Leadership Is Personal 235 26 Elephants Can Dance 242 27 IBM— a Farewell 253 APPENDICES Appendix A — The Future of e-business 261 Appendix B — Financial Overview 277 Index 286 Foreword have never said to myself, "Gee, ...
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Of course, this book would never have appeared without the heroes among my IBM colleagues who helped me restore IBM to a position of leadership. In many respects this is their book as much as it is mine. There were many such leaders, ...
Of course, this book would never have appeared without the heroes among my IBM colleagues who helped me restore IBM to a position of leadership. In many respects this is their book as much as it is mine. There were many such leaders, ...
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I was responsible for its finance practice and was a member of its senior leadership committee. I was the partner in charge of three major clients, two of which were financial services companies. The most important thing I learned at ...
I was responsible for its finance practice and was a member of its senior leadership committee. I was the partner in charge of three major clients, two of which were financial services companies. The most important thing I learned at ...
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I didn't know Jim Burke well, but I greatly admired his leadership at Johnson & Johnson, as well as at Partnership for a Drug-Free America. His handling of the Tylenol poisoning crisis years earlier had made him a business legend.
I didn't know Jim Burke well, but I greatly admired his leadership at Johnson & Johnson, as well as at Partnership for a Drug-Free America. His handling of the Tylenol poisoning crisis years earlier had made him a business legend.
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| 9 | |
| 18 | |
| 29 | |
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 |
PART MICULTURE | 179 |
On Corporate Culture | 181 |
An InsideOut World | 189 |
Leading by Principles | 200 |
PART IVLESSONS LEARNED | 217 |
FocusYou Have to Know and Love | 219 |
ExecutionStrategy Goes Only So Far | 229 |
Leadership Is Personal | 235 |
Back on the Beach | 103 |
A Brief History of IBM | 113 |
Making the Big Bets | 121 |
Servicesthe Key to Integration | 128 |
Building the Worlds Already Biggest | 136 |
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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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
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| Título | Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change |
| Autor | Louis V. Gerstner |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa |
| Editor | Harper Collins, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0060523808, 9780060523800 |
| N.º de páginas | 304 páginas |
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