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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... surfaced in the media as a candidate for the IBM job , and I knew that KKR and the RJR board were nervous . In meetings with KKR over the preceding weeks , there was a noticeable tension in the air . So , The Announcement.
... surfaced in the media as a candidate for the IBM job , and I knew that KKR and the RJR board were nervous . In meetings with KKR over the preceding weeks , there was a noticeable tension in the air . So , The Announcement.
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... meeting a week later . It became obvious that the search committee had begun to shut down its operations - because , one by one , the other rumored candi- dates for the IBM job started to announce or to leak to the media that they were ...
... meeting a week later . It became obvious that the search committee had begun to shut down its operations - because , one by one , the other rumored candi- dates for the IBM job started to announce or to leak to the media that they were ...
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... Meeting the IBM Team After the press conference came a series of internal IBM meet- ings . As I 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 ...
... Meeting the IBM Team After the press conference came a series of internal IBM meet- ings . As I 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 ...
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Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. later at a meeting of the same group , I showed ... meetings . ) After John introduced me , the group sat politely , expecting nothing more than a “ welcome and I'm ...
Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner. later at a meeting of the same group , I showed ... meetings . ) After John introduced me , the group sat politely , expecting nothing more than a “ welcome and I'm ...
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... meeting regarded structure and strategy . At the time , the pundits and IBM's own leadership were saying that IBM should break itself up into smaller , independent units . I said , " Maybe that is the right thing to do , but maybe not ...
... meeting regarded structure and strategy . At the time , the pundits and IBM's own leadership were saying that IBM should break itself up into smaller , independent units . I said , " Maybe that is the right thing to do , but maybe not ...
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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 |
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