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What It Takes
Charles D. Ellis
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Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Management
Beschreibung
Expert insights on what sets the great professional firms apart from all the rest Having devoted a career that spans fifty years to consulting with and studying professional firms in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, author Charles Ellis learned firsthand how difficult it is for an organization to go beyond very good and attain, as well as sustain, excellence. Now, he shares his hard-won insights with you and reveals "what it takes" to be best-in-class in any industry. Enlightening and entertaining, What It Takes explores firms that are leaders in their particular field and the superior people who create and maintain them. Along the way, it identifies the secrets of their long-term success and reveals exactly how they can put your organization in a better position to excel when properly executed. * Contains many stories of achieving excellence, and addresses the obstacles that top-ranking organizations face in sustaining it * Includes insights on leaders in their particular field--from McKinsey & Company in consulting and Cravath, Swaine & Moore in law to the Mayo Clinic in healthcare * Written by one of the most experienced and respected business consultants/advisors of our time What It Takes skillfully shows you how innovation and a commitment to excellence can drive success, while also revealing how easy it is to fall behind. With it, you'll discover what separates the great firms from the good ones and learn how to attain, and maintain, organizational success throughout the years.
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"This is the best book about corporate leadership thatI've ever read. Charley Ellis really knows what he's talkingabout."
"Clear, crisp, and actionable insights on leadership,which can only come from a well experienced scholar andpractitioner like Charley Ellis in his usual wise simple andriveting story-telling style. And yes, simple doesn't meaneasy."
"What It Takes is Ellis' finest work onorganizational excellence. He has distilled the essentialprinciples of organizational excellence, illustrating them withpotent examples and memorable anecdotes. His intimate knowledge ofthe organizations, deepened by 300 interviewers with insiders,imparts powerful insights and lessons for those aspiring to buildand sustain great and enduring organizations."
"Charley Ellis has taken an incisive look under the hoodof some of the world's greatest professional organizations and hasput his perceptive finger on not only what has made them succeedbut has also led them to endure."
"Once, again, Charley Ellis has delved into the mysteriesof leadership with clarity and insight."
"Charley Ellis looks hard at how great firmssucceed in fields as different as law, consulting and medicine . .. and finds what it takes that they have incommon."
"Charley Ellis takes us through a series of master classeson corporate leadership. This is an outstanding contributionto help us understand that which divides winners fromlosers."
"A very interesting study of the similarities anddifferences in the leadership of five very different professionalfirms. Should be required reading for other firms in thoseprofessions."
"What It Takes is a clear-eyed view into thecomplexities of building and sustaining great organizations.Charley Ellis' artful storytelling imparts insights thatwould benefit anyone aspiring to thoughtful, effective leadershipthroughout markets and histories."
"I cannot imagine anyone better qualified than Charley Ellisto analyze, identify and describe those characteristics whichseparate outstandingly successful professional firms from themerely very good ones. This fascinating book should berecommended reading for anyone wishing to become a leader in any ofthe professions described and indeed for anyone with an ambition tosucceed in business."
"Of course everyone knows of the five great institutionswhich are the subject of Charley Ellis' latest book. But what is itthat made them outstanding? Charley in this searching andunsentimental if admiring analysis provides answers: A good ideatransformed into a novel business model, passion, commitment, goodjudgment particularly in the early years and great people. AnotherCharley Ellis book to treasure."
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Führung, Management f. Führungskräfte, Wirtschaft u. Management, Business & Management, Management / Leadership