Iacocca

Iacocca
Author: Lee Iacocca
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 402
Release: 1986-06-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0553251473

“Vintage Iacocca . . . He is fast-talking, blunt, boastful, and unabashedly patriotic. Lee Iacocca is also a genuine folk hero. . . . His career is breathtaking.”—Business Week He’s an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmaker, and a man many had urged to run for president. The son of Italian immigrants, Lee Iacocca rose spectacularly through the ranks of Ford Motor Company to become its president, only to be toppled eight years later in a power play that should have shattered him. But Lee Iacocca didn’t get mad, he got even. He led a battle for Chrysler’s survival that made his name a symbol of integrity, know-how, and guts for millions of Americans. In his classic hard-hitting style, he tells us how he changed the automobile industry in the 1960s by creating the phenomenal Mustang. He goes behind the scenes for a look at Henry Ford’s reign of intimidation and manipulation. He recounts the miraculous rebirth of Chrysler from near bankruptcy to repayment of its $1.2 billion government loan so early that Washington didn’t know how to cash the check.

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Author: Lee Iacocca
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1847396070

In his trademark straight-talking style, legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca speaks his mind on the most pressing issues facing America today: the shortage of responsible leaders in the business world and in government; the nation's damaged relations with its longtime allies; the challenges presented by the emergence of China and India on the world's economic stage; the decline of the American car business; and the state of the American family. Iacocca shares the lessons he's learned from a lifetime of hard work and adventure, of spectacular successes and stunning defeats, of integrity and grace and good old-fashioned American optimism.

Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca
Author: David R. Collins
Publisher: Garrett Educational
Total Pages: 70
Release: 1992
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781560740179

A biography of the man who became president of Chrysler Corporation after thirty-two years with Ford Motor Company.

I Gotta Tell You

I Gotta Tell You
Author: Matthew Wayne Seeger
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780814325469

The book concludes with speeches delivered on special occasions, such as commencements and the celebration of the Statue of Liberty, when Iacocca donned the role of celebrity and statesman.

Behind the Wheel at Chrysler

Behind the Wheel at Chrysler
Author: Doron P. Levin
Publisher: Mariner Books
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780156004749

A Detroit Free Press reporter demythologizes Lee Iacocca's leadership of Chrysler, demonstrating how salesmanship and self-promotion invariably trumped innovation and investment. "Everyone who cares about american industry should read [this book]" (New York Times Book Review). Index.

Icons and Idiots

Icons and Idiots
Author: Bob Lutz
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101608080

When Bob Lutz retired from General Motors in 2010, after an unparalleled forty-seven-year career in the auto industry, he was one of the most respected leaders in American business. He had survived all kinds of managers over those decades: tough and timid, analytical and irrational, charismatic and antisocial, and some who seemed to shift frequently among all those traits. His experiences made him an expert on leadership, every bit as much as he was an expert on cars and trucks. Now Lutz is revealing the leaders-good, bad, and ugly-who made the strongest impression on him throughout his career. Icons and Idiots is a collection of shocking and often hilarious true stories and the lessons Lutz drew from them. From enduring the sadism of a Marine Corps drill instructor, to working with a washed-up alcoholic, to taking over the reins from a convicted felon, he reflects on the complexities of all-too-human leaders. No textbook or business school course can fully capture their idiosyncrasies, foibles and weaknesses - which can make or break companies in the real world. Lutz shows that we can learn just as much from the most stubborn, stupid, and corrupt leaders as we can from the inspiring geniuses. The result is a powerful and entertaining guide for any aspiring leader.

Driven

Driven
Author: Don Mitchell
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426301553

A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.

Going for Broke

Going for Broke
Author: Michael Moritz
Publisher: Anchor Books
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1984
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Iacocca

Iacocca
Author: David Abodaher
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 421
Release: 1989
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780821730188

Go Like Hell

Go Like Hell
Author: Albert J. Baime
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0618822194

By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather's company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, lorded it over the European racing scene. He crafted beautiful sports cars, "science fiction on wheels," but was also called "the Assassin" because so many drivers perished while racing them.Go Like Helltells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, something no American car had ever done.Go Like Helltransports readers to a risk-filled, glorious time in this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the "pilots" who would drive them to victory, or doom.