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Breakthrough: How Great Companies Set Outrageous Objectives and Achieve Them
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Breakthrough: How Great Companies Set Outrageous Objectives and Achieve Them Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Bill Davidson


Summary

Breakthrough will help executives lead their teams to peerless, unsurpassed performance by helping them define a grand goal and engage the organization to pursue and achieve that goal, no matter how difficult the challenge seems. Based on a ten-year landmark study of more than seventy bold, breakthrough companies such as IBM, Dayton-Hudson, Progressive Insurance, EMC, American Standard, Charles Schwab, and Dell Computer, the book shows how these remarkable companies adopted outrageous objectives and then did what it takes to achieve remarkable results.

From the publisher

"Breakthrough" - Das Ziel dieses Buches ist einfach: Es will Fhrungskrften dabei helfen, ihre Teams zu einzigartiger Leistung anzuspornen und dem Unternehmen aussergewhnliche Ergebnisse zu bescheren.

Indem Fhrungskrfte ein gro angelegtes, scheinbar unrealistisches Ziel setzen - kein Ziel, das leicht erreichbar ist - knnen sie die Strke, die Motivation und die Zusammenarbeit im Team frdern, um dieses unrealistisch erscheinende Ziel dennoch zu erreichen.

Das Buch basiert auf einer 10-jhrigen gro angelegten Studie mit ber 70 erfolgreichen Unternehmen, wie z.B. IBM, Dayton-Hudson, Progressive Insurance, EMC, American Standard, Charles Schwab, and Dell Computer.

Es zeigt, wie diese Unternehmen sich unerhrt hohe Ziele gesteckt haben und fast alle damit beachtliche Ergebnisse erzielt haben.

"Breakthrough" erhlt Empfehlungen von Top-Fhrungskrften, die der Autor kennt, z.B. Lou Gerstner (IBM), Peter Lewis (Progressive Corporation), Emanuel Kampouris (American Standard), Charles Schwab (Charles Schwab Corporation), Jean Monty (BCE), Michael Dell (Dell Computer) and Dick Brown (EDS).

Autor Bill Davidson ist ein angesehener Akademiker (ehemaliger Professor fr Management an der University of Southern California), erfolgreicher Consultant (zu seiner Klientel gehren u.a. die Bank of America, Chevron, Lockheed, NASA, Pfizer, Safeway und Target) und Redner mit ber 50 Redeverpflichtungen pro Jahr.

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From the rear cover

"Teams that embrace bold goals and breakthrough strategies can accomplish remarkable results. This book will be invaluable to anyone embarking on that path."
- Bart Butzer
Executive Vice President, Target Corporation

"Yellow's continued industry leadership will result in large part from embracing Bill Davidson's philosophy and approach."
- Bill Zollars
CEO, Yellow Corporation

"Strategic change is a high-risk, high-return proposition. Davidson's framework provides a sure, firm foundation for success."
- Roger MacFarlane
CEO, UTi Worldwide

"This is a serious piece of work which should be required reading for all business leaders. If you plan on remaining or becoming number one in your industry, have your top management team read this right away."
- Bob Herson
CEO, Executive Focus International, Inc.

"I could not put it down-stunning insights into corporate strategy and tactics."
- Randall Lunn
General Partner, Palomar Ventures

From the jacket flap

"Teams that embrace bold goals and breakthrough strategies can accomplish remarkable results. This book will be invaluable to anyone embarking on that path."
- Bart Butzer
Executive Vice President, Target Corporation

"Yellow's continued industry leadership will result in large part from embracing Bill Davidson's philosophy and approach."
- Bill Zollars
CEO, Yellow Corporation

"Strategic change is a high-risk, high-return proposition. Davidson's framework provides a sure, firm foundation for success."
- Roger MacFarlane
CEO, UTi Worldwide

"This is a serious piece of work which should be required reading for all business leaders. If you plan on remaining or becoming number one in your industry, have your top management team read this right away."
- Bob Herson
CEO, Executive Focus International, Inc.

"I could not put it down-stunning insights into corporate strategy and tactics."
- Randall Lunn
General Partner, Palomar Ventures

Details

  • Title Breakthrough: How Great Companies Set Outrageous Objectives and Achieve Them
  • Author Bill Davidson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-11-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780471454403 / 0471454400
  • Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.34 x 0.93 in (23.11 x 16.10 x 2.36 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Success in business, Organizational change
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003010889
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658.406

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2003, Page 367
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/03/2003, Page 70

About the author

BILL DAVIDSON was a tenured professor of management at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California from 1985 to 1998. He is the author of several other books on management, including The Amazing Race and 2020 Vision (with Stan Davis), which was selected as Best Business Book of the Year by Fortune magazine in 1992. He is Chairman of MESA Research (www.mesaresearchgroup.com), a strategy and leadership services group.
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