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Discussion Guide: Jim Collins' Good To Great -- The Book That Followed Built To Last

Author: Editors of BrownHerron
ASIN : B000067G39
Sales Rank : 82043
Studio : BrownHerron
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 5
Publication Date : December 15, 2002
Release Date : December 15, 2002
Publisher : BrownHerron
Manufacturer : BrownHerron
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Given the enormous success of Built To Last, which Jim Collins wrote with Jerry Porras, there has been intense interest in Jim's follow-up work, Good To Great. Collins led a team of people to investigate how companies successfully moved a good organization into a great one. This SuccessTools discussion guide was developed to share a number of critical lessons from the new book, including: 1) why it's important to pick the right people, 2) why you have to face brutal facts, 3) why you need a simple concept to drive your entire business, 4) why it's crucial to become rigorously disciplined, and 5) why technology is best used to accelerate, not steer, a business. SuccessTools is a BH SmartDoc which provides a way to think about and start a key element on a management to-do list. BH SmartDocs are published by BrownHerron Publishing and are sold exclusively by Amazon.com.

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Ivy League Reference Letters: 30 Successful Business School (MBA) Recommendations

Author: Dr. Nancy L. Nolan
ASIN : B000EZ8ODQ
Sales Rank : 66830
Studio : Magnificent Milestones, Inc.
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 51
Publication Date : December 10, 2006
Publisher : Magnificent Milestones, Inc.
Manufacturer : Magnificent Milestones, Inc.
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This publication presents 30 persuasive recommendation letters that were written on behalf of successful candidates to top-tier US business schools. The authors (including professors, employers, clients, peers and community leaders) document the candidates' achievements in an eloquent manner and explain extenuating circumstances in their academic and professional histories. The editor, an Ivy League admissions expert, explains why each letter made a difference in the committee's admissions decision. At top MBA programs, where the competition is fierce, the quality and depth of a candidate's reference letters can make the difference between acceptance and rejection. Whether you are an applicant who needs a persuasive letter of recommendation, or someone who has been asked to write one, this exceptional book is mandatory reading.

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Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)

Author: Jim Collins
ASIN : B00005REID
Sales Rank : 96182
Studio : Harvard Business Review
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 13
Publication Date : December 01, 2001
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer : Harvard Business Review
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Boards of directors typically believe that transforming a company from merely good to truly great requires a larger-than-life personality--an egocentric chief to lead the corporate charge. Think "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap or Lee Iacocca. In fact, that's not the case, says author and leadership expert Jim Collins. The essential ingredient for taking a company to greatness is having a "Level 5" leader at the helm--an executive in whom extreme personal humility blends paradoxically with intense professional will. Collins paints a compelling and counterintuitive portrait of the skills and personality traits necessary for effective leadership. He identifies the characteristics common to Level 5 leaders: humility, will, ferocious resolve, and the tendency to give credit to others while assigning blame to themselves. Collins fleshes out his Level 5 theory by telling colorful tales about 11 such leaders from recent business history. He contrasts the turnaround successes of outwardly humble, even shy, executives like Gillette's Colman M. Mockler and Kimberly-Clark's Darwin E. Smith with those of larger-than-life business leaders like Dunlap and Iacocca, who courted personal celebrity. The jury is still out on how to cultivate Level 5 leaders and whether it's even possible to do so, Collins admits. Some leaders have the Level 5 seed within; some don't. But Collins suggests using the findings from his research to strive for Level 5--for instance, getting the right people on board and creating a culture of discipline. "Our own lives and all that we touch will be better for the effort," he concludes.

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Building Strategy Maps

Authors: Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
ASIN : B000Y5L2KI
Sales Rank : 72392
Studio : Harvard Business School Press
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 39
Publication Date : December 13, 2000
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Harvard Business School Press
Manufacturer : Harvard Business School Press
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Label : Harvard Business School Press

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Balanced Scorecard strategy maps help organizations see their strategies in a cohesive, integrated, and systematic way, overcoming the limitations of purely financial measurement systems by clearly portraying the value-creating processes and critical roles for intangible assets. This chapter introduces the task of building a strategy map, which describes the process of transforming intangible assets into tangible customer and financial outcomes, and provides executives with a framework for describing and managing strategy in a knowledge economy.

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What Is Strategy? (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)

Author: Michael E. Porter
ASIN : B00005REHE
Sales Rank : 180306
Studio : Harvard Business Review
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 21
Publication Date : December 01, 2000
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer : Harvard Business Review
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Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools such as TQM, benchmarking, and reengineering. Dramatic operational improvements have resulted, but rarely have these gains translated into sustainable profitability. And gradually, the tools have taken the place of strategy. As managers push to improve on all fronts, they move further away from viable competitive positions. Michael Porter argues that operational effectiveness, although necessary to superior performance, is not sufficient, because its techniques are easy to imitate. In contrast, the essence of strategy is choosing a unique and valuable position rooted in systems of activities that are much more difficult to match.

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Competing on Analytics (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)

Author: Thomas H. Davenport
ASIN : B000E11BKS
Sales Rank : 140044
Studio : Harvard Business Review
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 12
Publication Date : December 01, 2006
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer : Harvard Business Review
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We all know the power of the killer app. It's not just a support tool; it's a strategic weapon. Companies questing for killer apps generally focus all their firepower on the one area that promises to create the greatest competitive advantage. But a new breed of organization has upped the stakes: Amazon, Harrah's, Capital One, and the Boston Red Sox have all dominated their fields by deploying industrial-strength analytics across a wide variety of activities. At a time when firms in many industries offer similar products and use comparable technologies, business processes are among the few remaining points of differentiation--and analytics competitors wring every last drop of value from those processes. Employees hired for their expertise with numbers or trained to recognize their importance are armed with the best evidence and the best quantitative tools. As a result, they make the best decisions. In companies that compete on analytics, senior executives make it clear--from the top down--that analytics is central to strategy. Such organizations launch multiple initiatives involving complex data and statistical analysis, and quantitative activity is managed at the enterprise (not departmental) level. In this article, professor Thomas H. Davenport lays out the characteristics and practices of these statistical masters and describes some of the very substantial changes other companies must undergo to compete on quantitative turf. As one would expect, the transformation requires a significant investment in technology, the accumulation of massive stores of data, and the formulation of companywide strategies for managing the data. But, at least as important, it also requires executives' vocal, unswerving commitment and willingness to change the way employees think, work, and are treated.

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The Bootstrapper's Bible: Volume 1

Author: Seth Godin
ASIN : B00005R2F8
Sales Rank : 278119
Studio : Do You Zoom Inc.
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 65
Publication Date : December 01, 2001
Release Date : December 01, 2001
Publisher : Do You Zoom Inc.
Manufacturer : Do You Zoom Inc.
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A short (65 pages) e-booklet that is designed to give you the confidence and insight you need to pursue the American dream--starting your own business with little or no money.

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Ivy League Admission: 160 Successful Law School Personal Statements

Author: Dr. Nancy L. Nolan
ASIN : B000EZ8OCM
Sales Rank : 341580
Studio : Magnificent Milestones, Inc.
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 146
Publication Date : December 10, 2006
Publisher : Magnificent Milestones, Inc.
Manufacturer : Magnificent Milestones, Inc.
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This book offers an amazing collection of 160 successful personal statements for law school admission. The essays are grouped into 32 different categories, which show the dozens of topics, approaches and writing styles that successful applicants have used to gain admission into top US law schools. The book also includes numerous examples of personal statements that explain extenuating circumstances in a candidate's academic history, such as a disappointing GPA and LSAT score. By sharing these essays, the editor, an Ivy League admissions expert, offers the most comprehensive resource available to current applicants. Competition is fierce at top law schools, where an exceptional personal statement is mandatory. Before you tackle your own essay, check this intriguing one-of-a-kind collection.

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Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)

Authors: Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee
ASIN : B00005UMLK
Sales Rank : 428247
Studio : Harvard Business Review
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 13
Publication Date : December 01, 2001
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer : Harvard Business Review
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You've heard about the importance of emotional intelligence in the workplace--that there's an incontrovertible link between executives' emotional maturity, exemplified by such capabilities as self-awareness and empathy, and their financial performance. Now, new research extends that base. Drawing on two years of research, the authors contend that the leader's mood and his or her attendant behaviors have enormous effects on bottom-line performance. Accordingly, top executives' primal task is emotional leadership. In other words, before leaders can turn to setting strategy, fixing budgets, or hiring staff, they must first attend to the impact of their moods and behaviors. To help them do that, the authors introduce a five-step process of self-reflection and planning. Executives should ask themselves: Who do I want to be? Who am I now? How do I get from here to there? How do I make change stick? And who can help me? Working through this process will help leaders determine how their emotional leadership is driving the moods and actions of their organizations and how to adjust their behavior accordingly.

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The Team That Wasn't (HBR Case Study and Commentary)

Authors: Suzy Wetlaufer, Jon R. Katzenbach, J. Richard Hackman, Genevieve Segol, Paul P. Baard, Ed Musselwhite, Kathleen Hurson, Michael Garber
ASIN : B00005RZ4Y
Sales Rank : 521346
Studio : Harvard Business Review
Format : Download: PDF
Binding : Digital
Number Of Pages : 15
Publication Date : December 01, 1994
Release Date : December 25, 2008
Publisher : Harvard Business Review
Manufacturer : Harvard Business Review
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Eric Holt had one responsibility as FireArt's director of strategy: to put together a team of people from each division and create and implement a comprehensive plan for the company's strategic realignment within six months. It seemed like an exciting, rewarding challenge. Unfortunately, the team got off on the wrong foot from its first meeting. Randy Louderback, FireArt's charismatic and extremely talented director of sales and marketing, seemed intent on sabotaging the group's efforts. Anxiously awaiting the start of the team's fourth meeting, Eric was determined to address Randy's behavior openly in the group. But before he could, Randy provoked a confrontation, and the meeting ended abruptly. What should Eric do now? Is Randy the team's only problem?