Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business - Softcover

Timpson, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470689455 ISBN 13: 9780470689455

Verlag: Wiley, 2010

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There's a lot of hot air in the world of business. Wouldn't it be nice just to hear some common sense?

That's exactly what John Timpson has got. After four decades running his family business and turning it into one of the high street's biggest success stories, he really knows what works and what doesn't. Upside Down Management shares with you all the wisdom he's accumulated in that time.

From being the CEO to his trademark 'upside down management', and from breaking the rules to following your conscience, this book tells it like it is.

Upside Down Management is a fantastic insider's view of what really makes a family business tick.

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John Timpson is Chairman of Timpson Ltd, his family business.

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"A refreshing, no-nonsense business book – a must read"
―Charles Dunstone, CEO, Carphone Warehouse

There's a lot of hot air in the world of business. Wouldn't it be nice just to hear some common sense?

That's exactly what John Timpson has got. After four decades running his family business and turning it into one of the high street's biggest success stories, he really knows what works and what doesn't. Upside Down Management shares with you how he has turned the way the business is run on its head, and the lessons he has learned in the process.

From being the CEO to dealing with stress, and from breaking the rules to following your conscience, this book tells it like it is.

Forget management models and best-practice guidelines; here are genuine pearls of wisdom.

There's a lot of hot air in the world of business. Wouldn't it be nice just to hear some common sense?

That's exactly what John Timpson has got. After four decades running his family business and turning it into one of the high street's biggest success stories, he really knows what works and what doesn't. Upside Down Management shares with you how he has turned the way the business is run on its head, and the lessons he has learned in the process.

From being the CEO to dealing with stress, and from breaking the rules to following your conscience, this book tells it like it is.

Forget management models and best-practice guidelines; here are genuine pearls of wisdom.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0470689455
• ISBN 13: 9780470689455
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland