Dana Mead was one of the leaders of the '90s revolution in corporate management that ignited the United States' resurgence as the world's largest and most productive economy. In 1992, Mead spearheaded a transformation of one of the nation’s most troubled conglomerates, Tenneco. He went on to become a policy shaper and voice of industry. But no reward comes without risk, and Mead never once…
This book is addressed to non-Japanese who want to understand the Japanese business insiderÂ’s point of view by focusing on business behavior in the large Japanese corporation. In this book you will experience Japanese business life by looking over the shoulder of a salaryman. The author supplemented his experiences and researches by conducting over fifty interview with salarymen from a wide…
This is a book of 13 articles that capture insightful applications of "Sun Zi Bingfa", the well-known Chinese military classic written more than 2.000 years ago. Topics covered include leadership, teamwork, dealing with competition, finding competitive niches, creativity and innovation, human resource management. With the increased economic importance of China, more and more people are inter…
All leaders know people are critical to the success of organizations. Executives just don't act that way sometimes. Why? Because they lack the facts. Too often they don't know which workforce practices create the greatest value or which attributes of a workforce are critical to business strategy. Absent these facts executives look outside for cues on what to do through benchmarking and searc…