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You are a business professional. And like
a physician, attorney, or any other type of professional,
you have an important responsibility to your company, your
clients, and yourself to stay on top of the latest trends
in your field. But if you are like most managers today,
you're too busy putting out fires and contributing to the
bottom line to find the time for more than an occasional
BusinessWeek or Fortune article. The fact
is, even if you could spare an hour or two each day, you
still wouldn't have the time to digest all of the "essential"
business books and periodicals. Amazon.com currently lists
700 "bestsellers" under the topics of management
and leadership alone! Pretty daunting, but before you throw
in the towel, consider this alternative -- The Guru Guide.
The Guru Guide is a concise digest
of the key ideas from 79 of the world's most influential
management experts. It provides instant access to the best
thinking on leadership, managing change, teamwork, managing
and motivating people, business strategy, and other management
topics of crucial importance to today's business professional.
In researching The Guru Guide, Joseph
and Jimmie Boyett -- widely read and respected management
theorists in their own right -- perused more than 200 books
and 3,000 articles by Stephen Covey, Peter Senge, Tom Peters,
Peter Drucker, Margaret Wheatley, Michael Hammer, Warren
Bennis, Robert K. Greenleaf, and dozens of other top names
in management. Out of that mountain of business wisdom,
they distilled the essence of each thinker's core ideas.
They cross-link the ideas in order to give you a clear picture
of how thinking about critical management topics has evolved,
and they provide valuable insights into the major conflicts
and points of agreement among influential schools of thought.
Their critical commentaries and case studies illustrate
how each guru's ideas have been received and executed in
the real world. And they packaged it all in a creative,
easy-to-read format with quick-reference charts, bulleted
lists, and chapter-end summaries of key concepts that make
learning quicker and easier than ever for even the most
time-starved manager.
A great way to fine-tune your business literacy,
The Guru Guide is must reading for all business professionals.
Joseph H. Boyett, PhD, is cofounder and
Partner of Boyett & Associates, an Atlanta-based consulting
and research firm specializing in helping companies implement
state-of-the-art management and organizational practices.
He has been a consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies,
including IBM, British Petroleum, Merck, EDS, and BellSouth.
He is the author or coauthor of several influential books,
including Workplace 2000: The Revolution Reshaping American
Business, which has been dubbed a "visionary classic."
Publishers Weekly called his book The Quality
Journey -- a fascinating account of IBM's struggle to
reinvent itself -- "One of the top books of the year
[1993]." Previously, Dr. Boyett served as a principal
advisor on performance management and quality improvement
to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Education, Office of Civil Rights.
Jimmie T. Boyett is cofounder and Partner
of Boyett & Associates and coauthor of Beyond
Workplace 2000. She is a recognized
expert on business process redesign and reengineering and
the application of leading-edge information systems technology.
Her clients have included Hartmax, Brunswick Corporation,
Burlington Industries, Methodist Hospitals, J. P. Stevens,
and SouthWestern Bell. Prior to cofounding Boyett &
Associates, Ms. Boyett was Assistant Vice President and
Group Manager at Bank South, Atlanta.
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