If you head a small to mid-sized enterprise or one within a larger firm, here is a remarkable book that can help you build an extraordinary organization capable of long-term health and success. Beyond Entrepreneurship shows how to turn your business into an entity that "sustains high performance, rises to the status of role model, and remains great for generations," in the words of the authors. Step by step, Collins and Lazier reveal how to lay a foundation for greatness, while a company is still small and adaptable enough to fully embody the values of its leaders. Drawing on their many years of first-hand experience working in private industry and serving as business consultants, Collins and Lazier cover all the essential aspects of attaining corporate greatness--supported by dozens of real-life examples of firms as diverse as Mrs. Fields Cookies, Continental Cablevision, and Giro Sport Design. In Beyond Entrepreneurship they provide tested ideas and methods for developing the most effective leadership style for your personality characteristics... and developing the 7 key elements of a leadership style to inspire real loyalty and dedication. Then, they move on to an often overlooked function of leadership: catalyzing a vision. Every great company has at its core a compelling vision. You'll discover a clear and useful framework for setting corporate vision--a framework that removes the confusion about this important and elusive topic, yet retains the "spark" that's an essential quality of a motivating and effective overall vision. Collins and Lazier also discuss and illustrate the four key principles of setting business strategy, and explain how to resolve critical strategic issues--like whether to lead a market or follow--faced by every small to mid-sized firm. The authors present a set of concepts and practical suggestions for stimulating creativity and keeping your company innovative as it evolves. Finally, they spell out how to translate vision and strategy into effective business tactics, the day-to-day details of producing consistent excellence. Here is a comprehensive, how-to-do-it blue print for becoming the best in your industry; crafting an entity that's highly profitable and respected by people outside its walls.

Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company

Business & Money

Collins, James C.

Lazier, William C.

Management & Leadership

Prentice Hall Direct

“This is a hands-on guide to making your company a compelling marketplace force.”—Industry Week Every great company, no matter how large or small, has as its core a compelling vision. Beyond Entrepreneurship explains step by step how any firm can develop this vision and achieve enduring greatness. It provides a complete blueprint for steering your company to success. Packed with real-world examples of firms that have grown and attained corporate greatness—including Nike, L.L. Bean, Mrs. Fields’ Cookies, Sony, and FedEx—this inspirational yet practical book . . . · Covers in depth the five key elements common to all great enduring companies · Shows how to lay a foundation for greatness while a company is still small and adaptable . . . how to set values, purpose, and mission, and instill them into the very roots of your organization · Demonstrates how to develop the most effective leadership style for your specific situation · Shows how to translate vision into effective day-to-day business tactics –and how to foster consistent tactical excellence in everything your company does · Explains how to resolve the critical strategic issues faced by every small and mid-sized firm · Prevents a set of concepts—and a host of practical techniques—for stimulating creativity and maintaining innovation as the company evolves “Beyond Entrepreneurship is a blueprint for becoming great.” –Entrepreneur Magazine

COLLINS, JAMES

Business Culture

Prentice-Hall Press

A combination of 29 cases from Stanford and Harvard, and 11 chapters covering managing a small to mid-sized business

Managing The Small To Midsized Company: Concept and Cases

Richard D.Irwin

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