A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference - Softcover

Austin, Nancy; Peters, Thomas J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446386391 ISBN 13: 9780446386395

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1989

Synopsis

A Passion For Excellence is the single most existing, inspiring, career-transforming book ever published for people who want to get ahead. It takes you behind, the scenes in some of the most successful organizations and analyzes what makes them distinctive.Here are real people, real companies, real numbers. Here is what you need to know about the crucial elements of success: constant innovation, staying in touch with customers, encouraging the contributions of everyone in the company, and maintaining the integrity that is basic to leadership. Here are the secrets of building excellence.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Austin earned her MBA in 1977 from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Los Angeles, and was a management conultant for two years with Southern California consulting firms, including her own. She then spent four years at Hewlett-Packard, where she ran the company's management-development seminars. Now president of Not Just Another Publishing Company, a member of the Tom Peters Group, she is also the co-author of The Assertive Woman. She lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California with her husband, Bill Cawley, and their son Jeff.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0446386391
• ISBN 13: 9780446386395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608