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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... - lished a book that year chronicling IBM's descent . In it , he said : “ The world will look very different by the time IBM pulls itself together- assuming it can pull itself together and IBM will never 12 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance ?
... - lished a book that year chronicling IBM's descent . In it , he said : “ The world will look very different by the time IBM pulls itself together- assuming it can pull itself together and IBM will never 12 Who Says Elephants Can't Dance ?
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... look at the IBM job . I told him I would need a lot more information , particularly about the company's short- and intermediate - term prospects . The dire predictions of the media and the pundits had me worried . I had learned a hard ...
... look at the IBM job . I told him I would need a lot more information , particularly about the company's short- and intermediate - term prospects . The dire predictions of the media and the pundits had me worried . I had learned a hard ...
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... look back at my schedule , I see that the first meeting the IBM human resources people had set up was a telephone conference call with the general managers of all the country operations around the world , underscoring that the power ...
... look back at my schedule , I see that the first meeting the IBM human resources people had set up was a telephone conference call with the general managers of all the country operations around the world , underscoring that the power ...
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... look for people who work to solve problems and help colleagues . I sack politicians . I am heavily involved in strategy ; the rest is yours to implement . Just keep me informed in an informal way . Don't hide bad infor- mation — I hate ...
... look for people who work to solve problems and help colleagues . I sack politicians . I am heavily involved in strategy ; the rest is yours to implement . Just keep me informed in an informal way . Don't hide bad infor- mation — I hate ...
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... look back from the vantage point of nine years ' tenure at IBM , I'm surprised at how accurate my comments proved to be . Whether it was the thoroughness of the press coverage , my experience as a customer , or my own leadership ...
... look back from the vantage point of nine years ' tenure at IBM , I'm surprised at how accurate my comments proved to be . Whether it was the thoroughness of the press coverage , my experience as a customer , or my own leadership ...
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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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista previa restringida - 2002 |
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround Louis V. Gerstner Vista de fragmentos - 2003 |
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