Jerry Porras

Scho vidriznjaje spravdi vidatni kompaniji vid reshti? Gruntujuchis na bagatorichnomu doslidzhenni, legendarnij Dzhim Kollinz i profesor Dzherri Porras navodjat chislenni prikladi kompanij, jaki je po-spravzhnomu vizionerskimi. Istoriji jikhnogo uspikhu majut motivuvati i suchasnikh menedzheriv buduvati biznesi na sovist.Pojednannja pristrasti zasnovnikiv iz jikhnim pragnennjam vesti biznes protjagom stolit vililos u fundamentalni printsipi ta instrumenti, jaki osoblivo aktualni sogodni. Avtori v kozhnomu rozdili rozkrivajut mekhanizmi, zavdjaki jakim viznachni menedzheri riznikh epokh dolali pereshkodi i realizovuvali ambitni plani. Tut nemaje universalnogo tajemnogo ingredijenta, ale, vivchajuchi beztsinnij dosvid lideriv rinku, mozhna znajti svij unikalnij shljakh do uspikhu.PerekladachVolodimir Gorbatko

The phenomenal follow-up to the bestselling Built to Last Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices, and using them to transform your career and your life. That's what Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson, leading thinkers in organizational development and self-improvement, have done in Success Built to Last. Two hundred remarkable people are included, notably: -Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO, Amazon.com-Warren Buffett-Bill Clinton-Frances Hesselbein, former CEO, Girl Scouts of America-Maya Angelou-Bill Gates Each shares how he or she harvested victories, learned from failures, and found the courage to be true to their passions. By following a set of simple principles culled from these inspiring interviews, readers can transform their business and personal lives, and discover the true meaning of success.

In this groundbreaking book, organizational effectiveness experts Edward Lawler and Christopher Worley show how organizations can be “built to change” so they can last and succeed in today’s global economy. Instead of striving to create a highly reliable Swiss watch that consistently produces the same behavior, they argue organizations need to be designed in ways that stimulate and facilitate change. Built to Change focuses on identifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change. As Lawler and Worley point out, organizations that foster continuous change Are closely connected to their environmentsReward experimentationLearn about new practices and technologiesCommit to continuously improving performanceSeek temporary competitive advantages

This is a book about visionary companies.' Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors.