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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... John Thompson , who created our Software Group ; Abby Kohnstamm , who took a cacophony of confused messages and melded them into one of the most powerful brand statements in the world ; Nick Donofrio , who was my translator from the ...
... John Thompson , who created our Software Group ; Abby Kohnstamm , who took a cacophony of confused messages and melded them into one of the most powerful brand statements in the world ; Nick Donofrio , who was my translator from the ...
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... John [ Akers , the chairman and CEO ] Wears an Uneasy Crown . " It seemed that everyone had advice about what to do at IBM , and reading it , I was glad I wasn't there . The media , at least , appeared convinced that IBM's time had long ...
... John [ Akers , the chairman and CEO ] Wears an Uneasy Crown . " It seemed that everyone had advice about what to do at IBM , and reading it , I was glad I wasn't there . The media , at least , appeared convinced that IBM's time had long ...
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... John Helyar's book Barbarians at the Gate , in the fury and madness of the bidding process in 1988 , KKR overpaid for RJR Nabisco . This meant that despite achieving all of the restructuring objectives of the LBO , there simply wasn't ...
... John Helyar's book Barbarians at the Gate , in the fury and madness of the bidding process in 1988 , KKR overpaid for RJR Nabisco . This meant that despite achieving all of the restructuring objectives of the LBO , there simply wasn't ...
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... John Akers to stem the decline of the company . I told Burke during that February phone call that I wanted to go over the budget and plans for 1993 and 1994 with Rizzo . Jim moved quickly , and on February 24 , at the Park Hyatt hotel ...
... John Akers to stem the decline of the company . I told Burke during that February phone call that I wanted to go over the budget and plans for 1993 and 1994 with Rizzo . Jim moved quickly , and on February 24 , at the Park Hyatt hotel ...
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... John Akers , Jim Burke , and I spoke . Burke wanted to explain the search process that had seemed so public and disjointed for three months . He made these comments during his opening statement : " There was only a handful of people in ...
... John Akers , Jim Burke , and I spoke . Burke wanted to explain the search process that had seemed so public and disjointed for three months . He made these comments during his opening statement : " There was only a handful of people in ...
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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