Playing for Keeps: How the World's Most Aggressive and Admired Companies Use Core Values to Manage, Energize, and Organize Their People,

by Frederick G. Harmon

"The small individual act is the basic cell of all performance . . . The secret behind outstanding companies, departments, or contributors is simply that they work harder at adding value to their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047159847X
• ISBN13: 9780471598473
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Playing for Keeps is a Winner

We implemented a values-based approach to managing at my company several years ago. Now we are looking to renew and re-energize around our values. In this regard, Frederick Harmon's book Playing for Keeps has come in handy. The only drawback is that it came out in 1996 and is now dated in some respects. So much has happened in the past year, with 9-11 and the collapse of Enron, Worldcom, Arthur Andersen and others. Yet the topic is still very timely and he offers a lot of good ideas.If only there were a new edition with material to catch up on the new landscape.By the way, I ordered this book "used" through National Book Exchange and it arrived promptly and in good condition! Thanks NBE!