NO EXCUSES MANAGEMENT

Rating:
Summary: A keeper
Review: I've owned my own business for seven years, and this book remains a source of ideas for me. Some people want to work in a country club and some want to be in a more competitive environment. The success of the two types of companies may vary, but I still want to be in the competitive place. Curiously, both this book and another favorite, Dennis Conner's Art of Winning, use the phrase "no excuses". I happen to believe in the the keys to performance described in this book: the value of top performers, the value of disciplined approachs to job performance, the use of automated metrics to remind us to do what we set out to do. If you do, too, you'll like this book. If you don't, you probably won't. I'm not sure it's a convincing book, but I found it illuminating.

Rating:
Summary: terrific...
Review: It only gets a nine because no one is perfect. I have a purloined copy from a friend and this is one of the most readable/focused management books. Masquerading as a discussion of Cypress philosophy it manages to explain a very detailed and usable method for goal setting and achieving as well as employee compensation. Anyone who is not meeting their numbers should read this book. Anyone running a company should read this book. Any fan of T.J. Rodgers should read this book. Anyone who goes... automated control ... I'd never work there .. shouldn't read this book because they won't get it. Furthermore, they shouldn't apply to work for Cypress or for me either....

Rating:
Summary: Cypress didn't meet it's goals
Review: The book gives an impressive display of tough management philosophy. Yet if this is the one right way to manage what a sad thing -- I'd never want to work there. Readers will want to check out Hidden Value by Charles O'Reilly III and Jeffrey Pfeffer which includes an update on Cypress and where is has gone wrong.

Rating:
Summary: Cypress didn't meet it's goals
Review: The book gives an impressive display of tough management philosophy. Yet if this is the one right way to manage what a sad thing -- I'd never want to work there. Readers will want to check out Hidden Value by Charles O'Reilly III and Jeffrey Pfeffer which includes an update on Cypress and where is has gone wrong.