Leadership Lessons Alfred Sloan

Author : Will Peters
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1936529165
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership Lessons: Alfred Sloan written by Will Peters and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He invented corporate management, pioneered modern marketing, and led General Motors to industrial dominance for half a century. But Alfred P. Sloan portrayed himself as a one-dimensional workaholic. Don't take him at his word, this brief eBook argues, but learn from his example. Specifically, he questioned conventional wisdom, made his company his first duty, understood that integrity and character matter more than charisma and showmanship, and welcomed disagreement.

Author : Allyn Freeman
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan written by Allyn Freeman and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2005 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred P Sloan was one of the influential business leaders of the 20th century. This book brings Sloan's practices with instructive case studies that show managers how to duplicate the methods in their own companies. It demonstrates the value of Sloan's principles through lessons from some of the top companies.

Author : Alfred P Sloan
Publisher : eNet Press
ISBN 13 : 1618863991
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Years With General Motors written by Alfred P Sloan and published by eNet Press. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. led the General Motors Corporation to international business success by virtue of his brilliant managerial practices and his insights into the new consumer economy he and General Motors helped to produce. Sloan's business biography, My Years With General Motors, was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by modern business giants.

Author : Ric Merrifield
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1640191798
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership Lessons: Henry Ford, Reed Hastings, Alfred Sloan, Sam Walton, Oprah Winfrey written by Ric Merrifield and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, from Ric Merrifield, author of Rethink, are the inspiring stories of five men and women - Henry Ford, Reed Hastings, Alfred Sloan, Sam Walton, and Oprah Winfrey - and their practical, time-tested lessons for everyone who aims to lead.

Author : Alfred P. Sloan Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258926571
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenge written by Alfred P. Sloan Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1943 edition.

Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071832688
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership Lessons from Peter Drucker written by Peter F. Drucker and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWO E-BOOKS IN ONE The Drucker Lectures The Drucker Lectures features more than 30 talks from one of management's most important figures. Drawn from the Drucker Archives at the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University, the lectures showcase Drucker's wisdom, wit, profundity, and prescience on such topics as: Politics and economics of the environment Knowledge workers and the Knowledge Society Computer and information literacy Managing nonprofit organizations Globalization What Would Drucker Do Now? As technology, globalization, and business innovation advance at breakneck speed, the question “What would Drucker do now?” becomes more relevant by the day. More than anyone of his time, Peter Drucker understood how the individual, the organization, and society are interrelated. And no one better recognized and articulated the challenges facing all three—or came up with more practical solutions to those challenges. Since 2007, the Drucker Institute’s executive director, Rick Wartzman, has been asking what Drucker would do on a regular basis—in his popular online column for Bloomberg Businessweek. In each piece, Wartzman introduces a current issue and provides a view of it through the eyes of Peter Drucker, based on his deep knowledge of Drucker’s ideas and ideals. What Would Drucker Do Now? culls Wartzman’s best, most timely columns into a single volume, offering a perspective on business and society you won’t find anywhere else.

Author : Will Peters
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1612307094
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership Lessons: Henry Ford written by Will Peters and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Ford was perfectly tuned to his times. He made sturdy, practical cars that everyone could afford and drive. His moving assembly line slashed the cost of production. His network of franchised dealers nurtured car ownership and promoted gas stations and better roads. But when his time passed, he couldn't adapt to the world he had helped make. Here, in this short-form book by bestselling author and consultant Will Peters, is the story of this deeply flawed genius, with lessons for entrepreneurs and leaders alike.

Author : Frank Arnold
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071772111
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Makes Great Leaders Great: Management Lessons from Icons Who Changed the World written by Frank Arnold and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-10-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the skills that icons throughout history have used to achieve the highest levels of success “This is an intelligent, knowledgeable presentation of management. The pragmatic approach of learning from icons makes the book extremely worthwhile reading for up-and-coming and experienced managers alike.” —Dr. Helmut O. Maucher, Honorary Chairman of the Board, Nestlé “Embracing a broad variety of successful personalities from all walks of life, this analysis of management skills makes for interesting reading and provides a great source of inspiration." —Dr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG “Arnold cleverly explains the keys to successful management with references to real-life challenges successfully overcome by iconic leaders. This entertaining book is insightful, thought-provoking, and of immense practical value.” —Fred B. Irwin, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany “Profound management know-how and coverage of a wide range of valuable issues provide great inspiration for anyone seeking to apply effective management principles in practice.” —Professor Klaus Evard, founder and former President of the European Business School “Management know-how translates into knowledge of how to succeed in all levels of life, and everyone can learn to be successful. That is the simple premise behind this book.” —Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung What do Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, Pablo Picasso, and Napoleon have in common? EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT SKILLS It doesn’t matter what your field of expertise is, whom you know, or how educated you are. If you have powerful management skills, you will succeed; if you don’t, you’ll hit the ceiling sooner rather than later. In What Makes Great Leaders Great, bestselling author and leadership expert Frank Arnold gathers 56 icons from various fields—from business and sports to politics and pop culture—to reveal the specific management skills they used to reach the top. For every line of work or personal goal, effectively applying these management skills will lead to ultimate success. All the people in this remarkably diverse group figured out what they needed to know to manage their rise to the top—and executed it with superb skill. What Makes Great Leaders Great includes: Bill Gates on harnessing the power of a business mission Nicolaus Copernicus on questioning every assumption Phil Knight on fine-tuning the right strategy Michael Dell on making the customer your number-one priority Michelangelo on focusing on a single objective Joseph Schumpeter on practicing creative destruction Roger Federer on self-motivation Hippocrates on behaving responsibly Steve Jobs on implementing ideas Ray Kroc on envisioning the future Gen. George Patton on clearly defining assignments Warren Buffett on demanding effective management Stephen Hawking on making the best use of your time Pablo Picasso on fostering life-long creativity Muhammad Yunus on looking beyond your own interests Learn from the best in the business—and history—how to leverage your skills, knowledge, and talent to reach levels of success you never dreamed possible.

Author : Steve Forbes
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307408450
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power Ambition Glory written by Steve Forbes and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power Ambition Glory provides intriguing comparisons between six great leaders of the ancient world and contemporary business leaders. • Great leaders not only have vision but know how to build structures to effect it. Cyrus the Great did so in creating an empire based on tolerance and inclusion, an approach highly unusual for his or any age. Jack Welch and John Chambers built their business empires using a similar approach, and like Cyrus, they remain the exceptions rather than the rule. • Great leaders know how to build consensus and motivate by doing what is right rather than what is in their self-interest. Xenophon put personal gain aside to lead his fellow Greeks out of a perilous situation in Persia–something very similar to what Lou Gerstner and Anne Mulcahy did in rescuing IBM and Xerox. • Character matters in leadership. Alexander the Great had exceptional leadership skills that enabled him to conquer the eastern half of the ancient world, but he was ultimately destroyed by his inability to manage his phenomenal success. The corporate world is full of similar examples, such as the now incarcerated Dennis Kozlowski, who, flush with success at the head of his empire, was driven down the highway of self-destruction by an out-of-control ego. • A great leader is one who challenges the conventional wisdom of the day and is able to think out of the box to pull off amazing feats. Hannibal did something no one in the ancient world thought possible; he crossed the Alps in winter to challenge Rome for control of the ancient world. That same innovative way of thinking enabled Serge Brin and Larry Page of Google to challenge and best two formidable competitors, Microsoft and Yahoo! • A leader must have ambition to succeed, and Julius Caesar had plenty of it. He set Rome on the path to empire, but his success made him believe he was a living god and blinded him to the dangers that eventually did him in. The parallels with corporate leaders and Wall Street master-of-the-universe types are numerous, but none more salient than Hank Greenberg, who built the AIG insurance empire only to be struck down at the height of his success by the corporate daggers of his directors. • And finally, leadership is about keeping a sane and modest perspective in the face of success and remaining focused on the fundamentals–the nuts and bolts of making an organization work day in and day out. Augustus saved Rome from dissolution after the assassination of Julius Caesar and ruled it for more than forty years, bringing the empire to the height of its power. What made him successful were personal humility, attention to the mundane details of building and maintaining an infrastructure, and the understanding of limits. Augustus set Rome on a course of prosperity and stability that lasted for centuries, just as Alfred Sloan, using many of the same approaches, built GM into the leviathan that until recently dominated the automotive business.

Author : New Word City
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0132550660
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ronald Reagan's Leadership Lessons written by New Word City and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronald Reagan was a product of America’s heartland, a kid who had a Huck Finn childhood and never lost his aw-shucks, all-American optimism. He moved to Hollywood, became a minor film star, and got involved in politics–at first on the left. But in the shadow of the 1950s anti-Communism furor, he moved to the right and began a steady rise to the pinnacle of power. Initially derided as a lightweight, a none-too-bright actor incapable of leading a nation, he proved his detractors wrong. Using extraordinary charm, conviction, communication skills, and stagecraft, Reagan became one of the most beloved, admired, and influential presidents in American history. Of all American presidents, few could match Ronald Wilson Reagan in the art of leadership. He knew America. Ronald came into office in 1980–when the national mood was glum and the future looked problematic (sound familiar?)–and he lifted the country’s spirits on a wave of hope, purpose, and unabashed patriotism. In the years that followed, productivity and prosperity–at least for the upper and middle classes–increased at home, the Berlin Wall came down, and the Soviet Union collapsed, making America the de facto winner of the Cold War. Ronald’s policies played a part, of course, but it wasn’t just his management style that captured the heart of America. He brought something intangible to the national stage, an innate optimism that simply made Americans feel better. New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literacy causes.