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The breakthrough company : how everyday companies become extraordinary performers / Keith R. McFarland.

By: McFarland, Keith R.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York: Three Rivers Press, c2009Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index.Description: xii, 271 p. : ill. 20 cm.ISBN: 9780307352194; 0307352196.Subject(s): Organizational effectiveness | Industrial management | Organizational change | Leadership
Contents:
Throwing the dyno -- Crowning the company -- Upping the ante -- Building company character -- Navigating the business Bermuda Triangle -- Erecting scaffolding -- Enlisting insultants -- Graduating tough times U -- Building breakthrough capabilities.
Subject: The vast majority of small businesses stay small--and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent--a tiny one tenth of one percent--break through to annual sales above $250 million. Here, consultant McFarland pinpoints how breakthrough success is associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate. McFarland spent five years building and analyzing the world's largest growth-company performance database and interviewing more than 1,500 growth-company executives on four continents. His goal was simple: to identify the secrets of breakthrough. The result is a collection of real-world tools and myth-busting insights that can be used by anyone wanting his or her business to join this exclusive circle.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-261) and index.

Throwing the dyno -- Crowning the company -- Upping the ante -- Building company character -- Navigating the business Bermuda Triangle -- Erecting scaffolding -- Enlisting insultants -- Graduating tough times U -- Building breakthrough capabilities.

The vast majority of small businesses stay small--and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent--a tiny one tenth of one percent--break through to annual sales above $250 million. Here, consultant McFarland pinpoints how breakthrough success is associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate. McFarland spent five years building and analyzing the world's largest growth-company performance database and interviewing more than 1,500 growth-company executives on four continents. His goal was simple: to identify the secrets of breakthrough. The result is a collection of real-world tools and myth-busting insights that can be used by anyone wanting his or her business to join this exclusive circle.--From publisher description.

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