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Summary: Early praise for EVERY BUSINESS IS A GROWTH BUSINESS:
Review: "A must read for leaders across all industries." -- Ray Lane, President and COO, Oracle Corporation."Any leader who feels that he is in a mature market has a "mind set" problem. At one level we all know this to be true, but Charan and Tichy go beyond this reality to outline a way of opening up a business leader's thinking to see where new growth is to be found." -Lester Thurow, MIT Sloan School of Management, author, The Future of Capitalism "I have made Every Business Is a Growth Business required reading for my seventy most senior people. It's the first time we've done anything like this at DuPont. Ram Charan and Noel Tichy have created a framework for thinking that's realistic and practical, one that opens minds to new ways of growing business. And reading about leaders whose stories they tell-it's like being in the same room with those people." -Chad Holliday, president and CEO, DuPont "Ram Charan and Noel Tichy incisively identify the key challenges we face. Further, they bring to life the cultural transformations necessary for companies to achieve sustainable, profitable growth-and perpetual success in any industry. Charan and Tichy are compelling voices. Corporate management everywhere should lend an ear." -Peter A. Georgescu, chairman and CEO, Young & Rubicam "A great blend of hard-nosed, straightforward advice mixed with a dash of theory and a tool kit for growth. Ram Charan and Noel Tichy make the impossible become possible with insights gleaned from many of the world's best business leaders." -Steve Miller, Committee of Managing Directors, Shell International "To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, there are simple answers to the challenge of growth, just not easy ones. Charan and Tichy pierce the veil of excuses thrown up by managers for not delivering balanced, sustainable growth. The authors provide engaging and disarmingly direct counsel on how winning leaders-at all levels, in every business-can push their organizations toward s responsible growth, no matter how mature their markets or difficult their competition." -Melvin R. Goodes, chairman and CEO, Warner-Lambert "The global economy is to the modern corporation what the African savanna was to early man: an environment which requires the utmost in adaptive skills to survive and ultimately prosper. Ram Charan and Noel Tichy understand, as few others do, that growth is an absolute imperative in all companies, and offer fresh insights into finding new avenues of growth." -Bill Stavropoulos, president and CEO, Dow Chemical
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Summary: Full of insites that can be applied in every business
Review: Every Business is a Growth Business is full of insights that can be applied in every business. The book confirms my philosophy on how to grow businessess profitably. It has a set of valuable applications. Chapter Three, Commonsense and Capital, is a must read for those who want to sharpen their business acumen.
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Summary: A well-written, very practical recipe for growth and change.
Review: I found this book to be one of the best I have read on the topics of growth and change in some time. This book is devoid of the psychological "fluff" that permeates many other books in this genre. It reads like a practical recipe to be followed by those commited to growth and change. Not at all unlike Welch's annual letters to the shareholders of GE. Whereas the annual letters of others companies drone on and on about what was, surrounded by the fluff of what can be, Welch's letters read like a master plan for action, which can be understood and driven to all levels of the company. The authors define "desirable" growth from the perspective of shareholders as capital efficient, profitable growth. They then describe a framework for "growing the pond you fish in". Next, they point out the necessity of changing the "genetic code" of the organization so that growth is pursued by leaders at all levels in the organization. They describe a framework for producing this change in the genetic code of the organization. This framework is primarily based on a "teachable point-of-view" developed by the leadership, and constantly reinforced and reiterated through various carefully designed "operating mechanisms". The teachable point-of-view consists of key business ideas, values, emotional energy, and "edge" (on tough calls). I've read this book twice already, and may read it again. I've started to implement the methodology in my company...so far, so good.
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Summary: A well-written, very practical recipe for growth and change.
Review: I found this book to be one of the best I have read on the topics of growth and change in some time. This book is devoid of the psychological "fluff" that permeates many other books in this genre. It reads like a practical recipe to be followed by those commited to growth and change. Not at all unlike Welch's annual letters to the shareholders of GE. Whereas the annual letters of others companies drone on and on about what was, surrounded by the fluff of what can be, Welch's letters read like a master plan for action, which can be understood and driven to all levels of the company. The authors define "desirable" growth from the perspective of shareholders as capital efficient, profitable growth. They then describe a framework for "growing the pond you fish in". Next, they point out the necessity of changing the "genetic code" of the organization so that growth is pursued by leaders at all levels in the organization. They describe a framework for producing this change in the genetic code of the organization. This framework is primarily based on a "teachable point-of-view" developed by the leadership, and constantly reinforced and reiterated through various carefully designed "operating mechanisms". The teachable point-of-view consists of key business ideas, values, emotional energy, and "edge" (on tough calls). I've read this book twice already, and may read it again. I've started to implement the methodology in my company...so far, so good.
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Summary: A Good Read!
Review: Ram Charan and Noel M. Tichy make the case that no company, even a very large corporation, should think of itself as a mature company or as part of a mature industry. If you look at the market broadly and take your customer's perspective, you will always find room for growth. First, look at your customers' changing needs and think of how your company can expand beyond its current market. Then, expand that approach throughout the company. The basic message may sound familiar, but Charan and Tichy bring a strong how-to approach to their directions for implementing it in your company. We at getAbstract.com appreciate the utility of their mix of examples, graphs, charts, and workbook, which should prove helpful to executives and company owners.
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Summary: Pretty good business book
Review: This book is pretty good for a business book from an MBA perspective, but sometimes it becomes a little hoky and doesn't get down to specifics enough. Overall an interesting read with some good case examples.
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Summary: Every Leader should read this...then read again!
Review: This is one of my favorite leadership books by two authors with whom I have a great deal of respect for their advice. The premise of the book it that by looking at the entire business landscape affecting your clients, there are larger opportunities in which to solve the client's CEO issues beyond the immediate customer orders. Written with real world examples, some of which were first hand consulting jobs by the authors, the examples are detailed and written so you can relate them to your own work. I have applied these principles in my own professional work and find the concepts very useful in business growth development efforts. In almost every growth opportunity development session with employees, collegues and clients, the going in premise is that there is not enough budget or too limited a market, thus preventing us from pursuing a given opportunity. Applying the author's concepts to creating the expanded view of the opportunity almost always proves to incite a bigger picture for everyone. The book may require better book bindings because I refer back to it so often that I will one day wear out the bindings! Read and Expand the Pond! Highly Recommended.
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Summary: Every Leader should read this...then read again!
Review: This is one of my favorite leadership books by two authors with whom I have a great deal of respect for their advice. The premise of the book it that by looking at the entire business landscape affecting your clients, there are larger opportunities in which to solve the client's CEO issues beyond the immediate customer orders. Written with real world examples, some of which were first hand consulting jobs by the authors, the examples are detailed and written so you can relate them to your own work. I have applied these principles in my own professional work and find the concepts very useful in business growth development efforts. In almost every growth opportunity development session with employees, collegues and clients, the going in premise is that there is not enough budget or too limited a market, thus preventing us from pursuing a given opportunity. Applying the author's concepts to creating the expanded view of the opportunity almost always proves to incite a bigger picture for everyone. The book may require better book bindings because I refer back to it so often that I will one day wear out the bindings! Read and Expand the Pond! Highly Recommended.
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