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Paperback Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business Into an Enduring Great Company Book

ISBN: 0133815269

ISBN13: 9780133815269

Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business Into an Enduring Great Company

"This is a hands-on guide to making your company a compelling marketplace force."- Industry Week Every great company, no matter how large or small, has as its core a compelling vision. Beyond Entrepreneurship explains step by step how any firm can develop this vision and achieve enduring greatness. It provides a complete blueprint for steering your company to success. Packed with real-world examples of firms that have grown and attained corporate greatness-including Nike, L.L. Bean, Mrs. Fields' Cookies, Sony, and FedEx-this inspirational yet practical book . . . Covers in depth the five key elements common to all great enduring companies Shows how to lay a foundation for greatness while a company is still small and adaptable . . . how to set values, purpose, and mission, and instill them into the very roots of your organization Demonstrates how to develop the most effective leadership style for your specific situation Shows how to translate vision into effective day-to-day business tactics -and how to foster consistent tactical excellence in everything your company does Explains how to resolve the critical strategic issues faced by every small and mid-sized firm Prevents a set of concepts-and a host of practical techniques-for stimulating creativity and maintaining innovation as the company evolves " Beyond Entrepreneurship is a blueprint for becoming great." - Entrepreneur Magazine

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Another great book by James Collins. I believe the authors did a great job with this book. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be a great manager and entrepreneur.

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Most Applicable Planning Book I Have Read

I have read a number of books on strategic planning. They all generally follow a very similar approach. However, Jim Collins has done a masterful job putting the theory into a format that is easily understood and easily applied to solve real problems. I initially used the book to lead the strategic planning process for the technical support department of a major software company. The results were astounding. I have...

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Important Questions...Practical Answers

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