{"product_id":"breakthrough-isbn-9780471454403","title":"Breakthrough","description":"\u003cb\u003eBreakthrough\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\"Breakthrough\" - Das Ziel dieses Buches ist einfach: Es will Führungskräften dabei helfen, ihre Teams zu einzigartiger Leistung anzuspornen und dem Unternehmen aussergewöhnliche Ergebnisse zu bescheren.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Indem Führungskräfte ein groß angelegtes, scheinbar unrealistisches Ziel setzen - kein Ziel, das leicht erreichbar ist - können sie die Stärke, die Motivation und die Zusammenarbeit im Team fördern, um dieses unrealistisch erscheinende Ziel dennoch zu erreichen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Das Buch basiert auf einer 10-jährigen großangelegten Studie mit über 70 erfolgreichen Unternehmen, wie z.B. IBM, Dayton-Hudson, Progressive Insurance, EMC, American Standard, Charles Schwab, and Dell Computer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Es zeigt, wie diese Unternehmen sich unerhört hohe Ziele gesteckt haben und fast alle damit beachtliche Ergebnisse erzielt haben.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Breakthrough\" erhält Empfehlungen von Top-Führungskräften, 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).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Autor Bill Davidson ist ein angesehener Akademiker (ehemaliger Professor für Management an der University of Southern California), erfolgreicher Consultant (zu seiner Klientel gehören u.a. die Bank of America, Chevron, Lockheed, NASA, Pfizer, Safeway und Target) und Redner mit über 50 Redeverpflichtungen pro Jahr.\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter One: Breakthrough Dynamics.  \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: The Enterprise Principle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Strategic Setting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Champions of Breakthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The Mindset of the Market Leader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Advice to Incumbents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Aim, Ready, Fire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: The Leadership Factor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Breakthrough Profiles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Breakthrough Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost Face.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e Walking in the footsteps of Jim Collins's business bestseller Good to Great, Davidson (The Amazing Race) offers a prescription for corporate greatness based on his study of more than 7 high-performing companies. But while Good to Great focused on lesser-known firms, this volume looks to blue chips like IBM, Dell, Schwab, Caterpillar and ADS. Davidson's premise is that \"breakthrough\" companies achieve what they do by setting outrageous objectives and pursuing them with single-minded intensity. The go-for-broke, swing-for-the-bleachers approach that he favors means that there are plenty of intriguing innovations on display. For example, Progressive Insurance vowed to deliver the fastest claim resolution to auto policyholders and-taking that idea to its \"outrageous\" conclusion - broke the industry mold by putting claims agents in vans, ready to go at a moment's notice to meet a customer at the scene of an accident. However, the emphasis here is not on storytelling but on building a case for the \"breakthrough\" approach that can apply to the reader's own business. What's most impressive is that the companies cited are by and large established players who've radically transformed their operations, rather than startups that begin with a \"clean slate.\" Overall, Davidson's argument is credible and logical; the trouble is, it's a little too familiar. So much has been written about corporate transformations through technology or re-engineering during and after the Internet bubble that it's hard to muster a sense of excitement or discovery. In the end, this is a worthy title, but one that lacks the \"breakthrough\" spark of visionary thinking to take it to the next level. (Nov.) (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, November 3, 2003) \u003cb\u003eBILL DAVIDSON\u003c\/b\u003e 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.  Every corporate success story begins with a breakthrough business model that triggers superior performance and rockets a company to a leading position. But unless a company continues to challenge itself to do more and do it better, success can be the beginning of the end for market leaders who rest on their laurels.  \u003cp\u003eBreakthrough is a fact-based, practical guide that helps business leaders keep their success cycles turning with constant business innovation. Based on a landmark ten-year study of more than seventy bold, breakthrough companies–such as IBM, Countrywide, and American Standard–this book shows how the world’s best companies stay on top. The secret these high-performing companies share: challenging themselves to achieve goals that seem unreasonable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreakthrough shows business leaders how to develop business goals that seem outrageous, and then foster the cutting-edge thinking, the focused effort, and the teamwork to achieve breakthrough results. Leaders of breakthrough companies do things differently: they develop master plans that integrate every area of the company and they understand their organization’s core identity. Breakthrough requires more than just good ideas or extra effort–it comes from practical, real-world steps that lead to unbelievable results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book describes all the ways breakthrough companies separate themselves from their rivals, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eStarting and managing the success cycle\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocusing on a single core strategy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding competitive realities and opportunities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInnovating at the core of the company\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollowing a framework for transformation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmbracing program management techniques\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTying employee compensation to transformation strategies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCommunicating effectively\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePacked with case studies and revealing data, Breakthrough combines proven advice for aspiring leaders with practical strategies for effective business innovation. For market leaders and insurgent companies alike, the key to outrageous success is setting the outrageous goal–and using the power of Breakthrough to achieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Teams that embrace bold goals and breakthrough strategies can accomplish remarkable results. This book will be invaluable to anyone embarking on that path.\"\u003cbr\u003e – Bart Butzer\u003cbr\u003e Executive Vice President, Target Corporation  \u003cp\u003e\"Yellow’s continued industry leadership will result in large part from embracing Bill Davidson’s philosophy and approach.\"\u003cbr\u003e – Bill Zollars\u003cbr\u003e CEO, Yellow Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Strategic change is a high-risk, high-return proposition. Davidson’s framework provides a sure, firm foundation for success.\"\u003cbr\u003e – Roger MacFarlane\u003cbr\u003e CEO, UTi Worldwide\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e – Bob Herson\u003cbr\u003e CEO, Executive Focus International, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I could not put it down–stunning insights into corporate strategy and tactics.\"\u003cbr\u003e – Randall Lunn\u003cbr\u003e General Partner, Palomar Ventures\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988856389861,"sku":"NP9780471454403","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471454403.jpg?v=1761781794","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/breakthrough-isbn-9780471454403","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}