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A Washington Post Bestseller Three Principles for Managing--and
Avoiding--the Problems of Growth Why is profitable growth so hard
to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as
if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment:
find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new
customers. But when Bain & Company's Chris Zook and James
Allen, authors of the bestselling Profit from the Core, researched
this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their
growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are
internal, not external--increasing distance from the front lines,
loss of accountability, proliferating processes and bureaucracy, to
name only a few. What's more, companies experience a set of
predictable internal crises, at predictable stages, as they grow.
Even for healthy companies, these crises, if not managed properly,
stifle the ability to grow further--and can actively lead to
decline. The key insight from Zook and Allen's research is that
managing these choke points requires a "founder's
mentality"--behaviors typically embodied by a bold, ambitious
founder--to restore speed, focus, and connection to customers: * An
insurgent's clear mission and purpose * An unambiguous owner
mindset * A relentless obsession with the front line Based on the
authors' decade-long study of companies in more than forty
countries, The Founder's Mentality demonstrates the strong
relationship between these three traits in companies of all
kinds--not just start-ups--and their ability to sustain
performance. Through rich analysis and inspiring examples, this
book shows how any leader--not only a founder--can instill and
leverage a founder's mentality throughout their organization and
find lasting, profitable growth.
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The Shoe Industry
Frederick James Allen
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The masterwork of James Allen, As a Man Thinketh demonstrates the
supreme power of thought to change our outlook, attainments and
destiny. Embarking on an exploration of the mind's powers, James
Allen discusses how thinking influences major facets of action,
both internal and in the world around us. Writing plainly but
profoundly, the author demonstrates the sheer influence that
thinking habits have upon our lives. The author explains his
overarching belief that when a person changes how they think, their
lives will reflect this difference - the attainment of things such
as joy, material or other successes and inner peace represent but a
fraction of the possibilities. Philosophical and motivational, this
book has long occupied the shelves of millions. While short, the
text represents a wellspring of value, useful to refer back to and
understand time and again.
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