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Hardcore strategies for profit-focused business management.
If you're tired of the usual fluffy business advice and crave actionable, no-nonsense strategies for squeezing every ounce of profit from your team, Dan Kennedy's book could be a breath of fresh air. Kennedy doesn't sugarcoat his tactics, which makes this an excellent read if you're ready to take a brutally honest look at how to lead and manage for maximum financial gains. Keep in mind that this approach may not be for everyone, but if you're prepared for a dose of hard reality in business management, it could be just what you need to revamp your leadership style and profit strategy.
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ISBN: 9781599181653
Authors:
Dan S. Kennedy
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Date of Publication: 2008-05-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections:
Business
Goodreads rating: 4.11
(rated by 707 readers)
Description
Here it is: no warm ‘n fuzzies, no academic theories—just hard-core strategies from real world trenches…the long-overdue management book no one but Dan Kennedy would dare to write. This is your permission slip to take back control of your business, enforce standards, manage for maximum profit and actually get performance from your people! Kennedy covers: • The true nature of employer-employee relationships: friendly while you feed them (Why ownership mentality is a futile and dangerous goal) • The two most crucial (and liberating) management decisions • The worst number in business is…(fix this before it’s too late!) • Leadership is vastly overrated: a new, rational model for profitable productivity • Why and how to make marketing the master—all others servants • Mice at play, and how to get compliance when the cat’s away • Finding the magic “GE-Spot” for your particular business’ greatest success with its customers • Fairness be damned—to the winners the spoils (it’s time to start paying for performance, not for showing up) • Is a happy workplace a productive workplace? a serious look at the new, fun mandate—lies the management theorists sell • Managing the sales process—the biggest instant improvement (more $ now!)
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Hardcore strategies for profit-focused business management.
If you're tired of the usual fluffy business advice and crave actionable, no-nonsense strategies for squeezing every ounce of profit from your team, Dan Kennedy's book could be a breath of fresh air. Kennedy doesn't sugarcoat his tactics, which makes this an excellent read if you're ready to take a brutally honest look at how to lead and manage for maximum financial gains. Keep in mind that this approach may not be for everyone, but if you're prepared for a dose of hard reality in business management, it could be just what you need to revamp your leadership style and profit strategy.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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