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In Good Company, Hal Rosenbluth and Diane Peters use the example of their own company, as well as an original survey of fifteen other best-practice companies, to show how businesses can manage change gracefullyand profitably. Drawing from Rosenbluths innovative human resources, training, and development practices, in addition to a wealth of information from other innovative organizations, the authors offer a lively, thought-provoking, and inspirational antidote to lean-and-mean thinking. Good Company goes behind the scenes at fifteen of the worlds best companies to reveal how they have met todays most pressing management challenges, and offers solutions that can be implemented in any companylarge or small. Like thousands of companies in the mid-1990s, Rosenbluth International and the other companies showcased here wrestled with the combined pressures of globalization, unprecedented growth, competition from technology, and an emphasis on speed and efficiency, by embracing uncertainty and learning to reinvent themselves to the benefit of customers and employees alike. In Good Company, Hal Rosenbluth and Diane Peters show how businesses can managed change gracefullyand profitablyby remaining steadfast to the fundamental principles of trust and respect and by maintaining a deep commitment to a corporate culture that brings out the best in everyone. Good Company demonstrates that companies can not only have a positive influence on the lives of the people who work for them, but that they have an obligation to do so. By creating an environment of collaboration, innovation, and joy at work, companies of any size can attract and retain the best employees, foster long-lasting relationships with customers and suppliers, increase profits, and compete successfully in a fierce and impatient marketplace.In Good Company, the authors take readers on a journey of discovery, describing Rosenbluths experiments with strategic planning, organizational design, and human resource programs during a period of rapid and radical transformation. Already known for its offbeat and non-hierarchical culture. Rosenbluth made a deliberate effort to discard outdated practices and created a work environment that promotes and rewards continuous learning, teamwork, flexibility, and leadershipat every level of the organization.Rosenbluth International has not been alone in forging a path to competitive success by investing first and foremost in its people. Hallmark Cards, Lands End, Mary Kay, and a dozen other pioneers showcased in the book are leading the charge to make the workplace a place where employees and managers alike come to build friendships, expand their minds, and contribute to their communitywhile performing to the highest standards expected from their customers and shareholders.A celebration of corporate spirit, Good Company offers a lively, thought-provoking, and inspirational alternative to lean-and-mean thinking, by showing businesses how to gain a competitive edge when they take greater responsibility for the welfare of the people and the societies they serve.
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Good Company goes behind the scenes at fifteen of the world's best companies to reveal how they have met today's most pressing management challenges, and offers solutions that can be implemented in any company - large or small. In Good Company, Hal Rosenbluth and Diane Peters show how businesses can manage change gracefully - and profitably - by remaining steadfast to the fundamental principles of trust and respect and by maintaining a deep commitment to a corporate culture that brings out the best in everyone. A celebration of corporate spirit, Good Company offers a lively, thought-provoking, and inspirational alternative to "lean-and-mean" thinking, by showing businesses how to gain a competitive edge when they take greater responsibility for the welfare of the people and the societies they serve.
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