More Than a Pink Cadillac: Mary Kay Inc.'s Nine Leadership Keys to Success - Softcover

Underwood, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071439986 ISBN 13: 9780071439985

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2004

Synopsis

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller reveals the leadership success behind Mary Kay Inc.

Mary Kay Inc., is one of the best-run and most successful companies in the world. With his unlimited access to its employees and management, Jim Underwood provides insights into a unique and extraordinarily successful business--one founded upon a simple set of powerful principles. These principles have influenced the lives of hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide--and can be applied to the improvement of companies at any size.

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From the Back Cover:

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller reveals the leadership success behind Mary Kay Inc.

More Than a Pink Cadillac reveals how extraordinary leadership and a value-based mindset launched Mary Kay Inc. into the stratosphere. Jim Underwood, the first author granted access to Mary Kay sales force and management, reveals a leadership style that has made the company an icon of success and empowerment around the globe.

Featuring inspirational stories about Mary Kay sales force leaders, More Than a Pink Cadillac emphasizes that success is based on choices, not circumstances. You'll see how the choices you make--for yourself and your organization--can motivate your employees, impress your customers, and protect your company against pitfalls.

If you have the desire to be a true leader, all you have to do is follow the nine key principles in this book, and open yourself to a new way of thinking that is guaranteed to inspire top performance from yourself and those around you.

"This book is filled with the inspirational tales of modest women with grand expectations. Their stories are proof that success is based on choices, not circumstances."--Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

"If you want to understand the true foundation of success, read this book.  Then, take action and put [Mary Kay's] philosophy to work for you!"--Cheryl Richardson, author of Life Makeovers

About the Author:

Jim Underwood, Ph.D., is an award-winning author and business professor. He has been a strategy consultant to many international organizations and has written five books on the topics of leadership and corporate strategy.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0071439986
• ISBN 13: 9780071439985
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224