To Be the Best By Any Measure: Creating and Sustaining a High Performance Organization

A Proven Approach to Transform your Business into a High Performance Organization

Pat Magee developed a formula to bring new life to struggling businesses. He demonstrates that a vibrant business requires:

• A Healthy Organizational Culture
• Ongoing Leadership Development
• Comprehensive Strategic Planning

These lead to what Magee refers to as a "High Performance Organization." How do you get there? What does it really take to assess and adjust your current business practices so that you can rise to the top?

Through these pages, Pat answers those questions as he guides, helps, and encourages readers to reach their full potential and do extraordinary things.

This unique approach is proven to breathe fresh life into businesses and nonprofit organizations.

What Readers are Saying:

"A valuable owner-manager guide to organization leadership and better management. ... A central part of any manager's library." -- J.S. Renkert - 4th Generation retired CEO - IRONROCK, Inc.

"A valuable addition to any businessman's library." -Fred Gregory CFA, former CEO and founder of QCI Asset Management

"Recommended, if not required, reading for all aspiring Business students." - Former Business School Mentee

"An informative, authoritative, conversational, and entertaining book. The reader can effectively learn and apply these lessons and start making positive changes to their organization today." -Current Business Student

Pat was born during the early months of World War II and adopted when he was only 3 days old. However, it wasn't until nearly 80 years later that he finally discovered the identity of his real birth parents.During his professional career he has served as a President of several different manufacturing companies in both the USA and Europe.Prior to entering the business world, he earned a B.S. in Engineering from Iowa State University as well as an MBA from the University of Kansas. He then served 2+ years in the US Army including one year with the 101st Airborne Division in Viet Nam in the late 1960's.With 40+ years of experience in both business and volunteer leadership roles, he has revitalized struggling companies, grown stagnant businesses and established new enterprises.Since retiring 20 years ago, he has worked with a variety of non-profit and business organizations in Leadership Development, Professional Recruitment, Strategic Planning and the Development of High Performance Organizations.During that same time period, he has also spent numerous volunteer hours: As a Guardian ad Litem (CASA) case worker - a Court appointed special advocate for children removed from their home for abuse or neglectAs an Advisory Board Member, Marketing & Membership Team Leader and Strategic Plan Facilitator with OLLI (Osher Life Long Learning) at UNCWAs a mentor to numerous students in the Cameron School of Business at UNCW and in the BORG program at Brevard College.His formula for success: Identify, develop and mentor potential talent, so that each individual will be successful in his/her respective role and will continue to learn, grow and reach their full potential.

Marie Jones is an academic library director and leadership professor at Brevard College in Western North Carolina. With a doctorate in leadership and degrees in library science and English, she has had four books and countless articles published in the fields of librarianship and leadership.After decades of publishing academic folderol, she now writes about practical leadership, inconsistent organization, messy productivity, and living a happy life. You can find her author page at mariefjones.com