{"product_id":"your-company-sucks-isbn-9781935618546","title":"Your Company Sucks","description":"It's every businessperson's nightmare: his or her company is failing, dysfunctional, stuck in neutral, and is disappointing overall, from the finances to the customer feedback. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePut bluntly—but candidly—the company sucks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's the bad news. The good news is that it doesn't have to be that way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery business can rebound from its lows, regain its momentum, thrill its customers, and be the source of pride and profits its owners and shareholders seek. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis U-turn must begin with you, the owner or senior manager, declaring war on yourself. By facing the fact that the malaise is the business suffers from ultimately is your responsibility and your doing, and even more important, will not be rectified unless you take the lead. Face the hard truth. Take the difficult actions. Demonstrate determination, creativity and resolve. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour Company Sucks\u003c\/i\u003e pulls back the curtain on business performance. To reveal the four real-world reasons businesses decline, to identify them as red flags, and to provide a powerful and innovative methodology to transition from failure to flourish. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Stevens reveals that there are not thousands of reasons businesses fail. The reasons fall under four major categories: \u003cbr\u003e1. rudderless leadership \u003cbr\u003e2. the lust-to-lax syndrome \u003cbr\u003e3. incompetence \u003cbr\u003e4. conventional thinking\u003cbr\u003eIdentifying and addressing the reasons for your company's failure is the focus of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis insightful book shows that the key to long-term business success is for the leader to \u003ci\u003edeclare war\u003c\/i\u003e on him\/herself so that the company never rests on its laurels. It also demonstrates how customer satisfaction is a curse in disguise. You don't want to \u003ci\u003esatisfy\u003c\/i\u003e your customers—you want to \u003ci\u003ethrill\u003c\/i\u003e them.\"Immediately useful, and wildly inspirational (no matter what size business you run). Filled with practical ideas and entertaining stories, Mark Stevens helps you identify how your company sucks and gives you an action plan for doing a U-turn.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Regis Hadiaris, Creator of the Dot Connector Blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mark Stevens offers a vitamin boost into the blood stream of business; an elixir for newbie entrepreneurs and war-weary tycoons alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ben Koether, Chairman and Founder of Kitchen Brains\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I absolutely love this brutally honest and practical approach to life—and business. \u003ci\u003eYour Company Sucks\u003c\/i\u003e motivates me to sleep less because I am so excited about working on the many things in the book that ring true to me and need attention in my business. Bravo, Mark Stevens, on your courageous approach to being aware of the obvious and actually coming directly to the point about how to change for the better.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joseph Essa, President, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book that every business owner needs to read. The challenges we face today in the world of commerce are clearly identified with brilliant clarity by Mark Stevens. Reading this is like having Mark personally guide you and your team through the process of identifying  exactly where you are in the life of your company, and more importantly, what to do about it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dennis Curtin, Regional Owner, RE\/MAX Mid-states \u0026amp; Dixie Region\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Should make every CEO take the time to stop, to think, to act!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rich Parlontieri, CEO and President, Speedemissions, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sometimes the simplest explanation is also the best.  If your company is struggling you may not have to look further than the mirror to find the cause. Mark Stevens knows that. More importantly, within these pages he tells you what to do to get back on track.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Paul B. Brown, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e financial columnist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's an easy read that can make a middle seat tolerable.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joseph Mancuso, founder of CEO Clubs, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003eMark Stevens is a bestselling author, CEO of MSCO, a results-driven management and marketing firm, and a popular media commentator on a host of business matters including marketing, branding, management and sales. Stevens is known for delivering business insights with blunt truth and unconventional wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Stevens shook the marketing establishment with his BusinessWeek bestseller, \u003ci\u003eYour Marketing Sucks\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House\/Crown Business, 2003), and redefined the rules of sales with \u003ci\u003eGod Is A Salesman.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of 24 business-related books, including the bestsellers: \u003ci\u003eThe Big Eight\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKing Icahn\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSudden Death: The Rise and Fall of EF Hutton\u003c\/i\u003e (a Wall Street Journal bestseller and Library Journal \"Business Book of the Year\").\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStevens' incisive understanding of critical business issues is geared toward achieving extraordinary growth and success for his clients. His firm, MSCO, represents a stellar roster of clients. Through integrated marketing campaigns, MSCO focuses on achieving financial results for its clients instead of awards that serve egos. Stevens possesses an innovative and iconoclastic view of the business world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is an in-demand speaker at organizations from Siemens, Virgin Air, Nike and Oracle to the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. A frequent guest commentator, Stevens lends his insights and opinions on a wide variety of topics, from Carl Icahn's latest moves (Fox Business Channel) to Tom Cruise's image (Fox News Channel), to \"Why Successful Business People Don't Sleep\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and how to \"Be a Better Boss in 2007\" (Forbes.com). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis wildly successful blog, \"Unconventional Thinking,\" is in the top 1 percent of all published blogs (out of 95 million blogs) and was recently named in the top 10 of all marketing blogs. Stevens is regular guest blogger for Brandweek.com and the Digital PR blogger for PR News Online. More about Mark Stevens can be found at www.MSCO.com.","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300439970021,"sku":"NP9781935618546","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781935618546_27f20870-174d-4c0e-8099-32b928599f1a.jpg?v=1742920092","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/your-company-sucks-isbn-9781935618546","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}