How to Get to the Top: Business Lessons Learned at the Dinner Table
| AUTHOR | Fox, Jeffrey J. |
| PUBLISHER | Grand Central Publishing (06/05/2007) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
The bestselling author of How to Become CEO returns with a pithy, smart, and useful collection of wisdom learned by business leaders at their own family dinners. Do you want to get to the top? Do you want to know how to rise above the crowd and become a leader in your field? Then this is the book for you. In How to Get to the Top, bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox combines his own experience as an extremely successful entrepreneur with lessons learned at the family dinner table by business leaders such as Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks; Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Maine; Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals; and George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees. The essential guide on how to get to the top--and stay there--this compelling book contains hard-hitting advice on independence and self-reliance, management dynamics, and problem solving, including:
- You can't unsour the milk.
- Speak sweetly: You may have to eat your words.
- Tip as if you were the tippee.
- Act like you own the place.
- You have to know the rules to break them.
- Never be late.
- Always compliment the chef . . . especially at home.
- Teach your girls to whistle.
- Spend the company's money as you would your own.
- Don't teach the quarterback to catch.
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781401303303
ISBN-10:
1401303307
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
208
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
5.34 x 0.77 x 7.76 inches
Weight:
0.62 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Dust Cover,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Business & Economics | Motivational
Business & Economics | Personal Success
Business & Economics | Skills
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
658.409
Library of Congress Control Number:
2006053155
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The bestselling author of How to Become CEO returns with a pithy, smart, and useful collection of wisdom learned by business leaders at their own family dinners. Do you want to get to the top? Do you want to know how to rise above the crowd and become a leader in your field? Then this is the book for you. In How to Get to the Top, bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox combines his own experience as an extremely successful entrepreneur with lessons learned at the family dinner table by business leaders such as Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks; Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Maine; Leslie Blodgett, CEO of Bare Escentuals; and George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees. The essential guide on how to get to the top--and stay there--this compelling book contains hard-hitting advice on independence and self-reliance, management dynamics, and problem solving, including:
- You can't unsour the milk.
- Speak sweetly: You may have to eat your words.
- Tip as if you were the tippee.
- Act like you own the place.
- You have to know the rules to break them.
- Never be late.
- Always compliment the chef . . . especially at home.
- Teach your girls to whistle.
- Spend the company's money as you would your own.
- Don't teach the quarterback to catch.
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Author:
Fox, Jeffrey J.
Jeffrey J. Fox is the author of twelve books, including the "New York Times" bestseller "How to Become" "CEO "and Audie Award winner "Rain". Founder of Fox and Company, he works with Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric, IBM, and Ametek, among others. He is a popular speaker.
Robert Reiss is founder and host of "The CEO Show" syndicated to more than 600,000 listeners. His company publishes "The CEO" "Forum", a quarterly magazine with a subscription base of exclusively 10,000 top CEOs. Reiss is a frequent keynote speaker on lessons from CEOs.
Robert Reiss is founder and host of "The CEO Show" syndicated to more than 600,000 listeners. His company publishes "The CEO" "Forum", a quarterly magazine with a subscription base of exclusively 10,000 top CEOs. Reiss is a frequent keynote speaker on lessons from CEOs.
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