The Art of Corporate Success

The Art of Corporate Success
Author: Ken Auletta
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2015-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1504018591

A revealing portrait of one of the world’s finest, yet most opaque, companies—and the quiet genius who made it thrive Ken Auletta set out to locate one of the world’s most prosperous businesses and explain its formula for success. He searched for an enterprise with a vivid chief executive and found that company in Schlumberger Limited, a multinational oilfield services firm with skyrocketing profits and a reputation as one of the best-managed global corporations. Auletta also found his fascinating CEO in Jean Riboud, a man who had eluded media attention even though he had guided Schlumberger for 2 decades. In this compelling portrait, Auletta brings the notoriously low-profile executive to life, detailing his unique style of management and the unusual corporate culture he nurtured. A self-proclaimed socialist from France, Riboud fought in the resistance during World War II, was captured by the Nazis, and was held prisoner at the Buchenwald concentration camp. He joined Schlumberger as an assistant and quickly rose through the company’s ranks. Although he was admired for his fierce drive for perfection and eye for long-term planning and expansion, Riboud distanced himself from his corporate cohorts and instead socialized with a diverse group of artists, writers, and politicians. Brilliant and paradoxical, Riboud makes for a fascinating subject in Auletta’s comprehensive and illuminating book.

The Art of Corporate Success

The Art of Corporate Success
Author: Ken Auletta
Publisher:
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2015
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A revealing portrait of one of the world's finest, yet most opaque, companies-and the quiet genius who made it thrive Ken Auletta set out to locate one of the world's most prosperous businesses and explain its formula for success. He searched for an enterprise with a vivid chief executive and found that company in Schlumberger Limited, a multinational oilfield services firm with skyrocketing profits and a reputation as one of the best-managed global corporations. Auletta also found his fascinating CEO in Jean Riboud, a man who had eluded media attention even though he had guided Schlumberger for 2 decades. In this compelling portrait, Auletta brings the notoriously low-profile executive to life, detailing his unique style of management and the unusual corporate culture he nurtured. A self-proclaimed socialist from France, Riboud fought in the resistance during World War II, was captured by the Nazis, and was held prisoner at the Buchenwald concentration camp. He joined Schlumberger as an assistant and quickly rose through the company's ranks. Although he was admired for his fierce drive for perfection and eye for long-term planning and expansion, Riboud distanced himself from his corporate cohorts and instead socialized with a diverse group of artists, writers, and politicians. Brilliant and paradoxical, Riboud makes for a fascinating subject in Auletta's comprehensive and illuminating book. "Ken Auletta's extraordinary portrait of Jean Riboud is business reporting on a higher level." -Richard Reeves "A highly readable, enjoyable book." -Robert H. Waterman Jr., coauthor of In Search of Excellence Praise for Ken Auletta "A riveting chronicle of the lust for money, power and reputation . . . Invaluable." - The New York Times on Greed and Glory on Wall Street "Fascinating . . . Delivers the goods . . . A towering reportorial achievement." - The Wall Street Journal on Greed and Glory on Wall Street "As comfortable interrogating a network executive as he is interviewing a software genius or bottling a human tornado like Ted Turner, Auletta builds his . . . books the way a mason builds a wall-upon a firm foundation, one brick at a time and as level as the horizon." - The Washington Post on Googled: The End of the World as We Know It Ken Auletta (b.1942) has written for the New Yorker since 1977, where he has been the "Annals of Communications" columnist since 1992. He is the author of eleven books, five of which are national bestsellers. Early ...

Art, Money, Success

Art, Money, Success
Author: Maria Brophy
Publisher: Son of the Sea, Incorporated
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2017
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780999011508

Finally make a living doing what you love. A compete and easy-to-follow system for the artist who wasn't born with a business mind. Learn how to find buyers, get paid fairly, negotiate nicely, deal with copycats and sell more art.

The Art of Deliberate Success

The Art of Deliberate Success
Author: David Keane
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118487761

An effective framework for professional and personal success Everyone wants to succeed in life, but not everyone knows how. Success isn't just a result of luck and hard work; you also need to know how to define success for yourself and put yourself in the right frame of mind to achieve it. Based on a powerful ten-part framework, The Art of Deliberate Success presents ten chapters that help you identify strengths and weaknesses so you can focus your attention and effort where it matters most. The book includes an online self-assessment tool that helps you pinpoint the areas you need to focus on, followed by chapters dedicated to helping you focus on what matters, using language more effectively, mastering your behaviour, getting things done, and ultimately reach your goals. Based on the author's 24 years of professional experience and research Presents a flexible and effective system that allows you to achieve goals that are professional or personal in nature Features a special online self-assessment tool for identifying strengths and weaknesses and personalising your self-development Informal, easy-to-read, and highly effective, The Art of Deliberate Success is the ideal guide for professionals who want to reach new heights and stay there.

Let the Story Do the Work

Let the Story Do the Work
Author: Esther Choy
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-07-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814438024

People forget facts, but they never forget a good story. Let the Story Do the Work shows how the art of storytelling is key for any business to achieve success. For most, there’s nothing easy about crafting a memorable story, let alone linking it to professional goals. However, material for stories and anecdotes that can be used for your professional success already surround you. To get people interested in and convinced by what you are saying, you need to tell an interesting story. As the Founder and Chief Story Facilitator at Leadership Story Lab, a company that helps executives unlock the persuasive power of storytelling, Esther Choy teaches you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that will achieve your goals. In Let the Story Do the Work, you can learn to: Capture attention Engage your audience Change minds Inspire action Pitch persuasively When you find the perfect hook, structure your story according to its strengths, and deliver it at the right time in the right way, you’ll see firsthand how easy it is to turn everyday communications into opportunities to connect, gain buy-in, and build lasting relationships.

The Art of Significance

The Art of Significance
Author: Dan Clark
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 110160820X

What would you rather have-conventional success or a high level beyond success? Dan Clark, one of the world's leading inspirational speakers and leadership trainers, vehemently opposes the conventional wisdom about success. He believes it's tragic and superficial to build our careers and personal lives around getting more money, bigger houses, cooler toys, and fancier job titles. What's it all worth in the end? How many outwardly successful people still feel empty inside? Clark has spent decades traveling around the world, interviewing the famous and powerful; consulting with presidents and generals and sheikhs and corporate leaders; creating a multimillion-dollar business; and (before any of the above) overcoming a paralyzing injury

The Art of Gathering

The Art of Gathering
Author: Priya Parker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1594634939

"Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, an exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them.

The Complete Sun Tzu for Business Success

The Complete Sun Tzu for Business Success
Author: Gerald A Michaelson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1440528934

Business today is war. As you and your company fight your way back from the recession, you need to take the high ground and make a stand. You need to know how to recapture customers, boost your profit margins, rally your workforce, and identify the competition's weakness to gain an advantage. More than twenty-five centuries ago, the brilliant Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu explained how to accomplish these things. True, he was talking about warfare. But as you'll see in this comprehensive survey, his strategies apply equally well to today's business scene. With the help of Gerald and Steven Michaelson, two of the greatest experts in applying Sun Tzu to today's business climate, you'll learn how to use ancient wisdom to manage your workforce, execute your policies, and find success in both business and your personal life. Use this book to map a battle plan for victory!

The Art of Success

The Art of Success
Author: James Melouney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Affirmations
ISBN: 9780994505811

The Art of Success is a compendium of 189 life-changing ideas, built on the wisdom of 134 inspiring exemplars. In eight compelling chapters, the author lays out his answer to one of the greatest questions human beings have ever asked: What are we to do with the brief and fragile life we have been gifted with? A delightful read for young and old.

Event Success

Event Success
Author: Alon Alroy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119817153

Make events the most powerful marketing tool you have In Event Success: Maximizing the Business Impact of Physical, Virtual, and Hybrid Experiences, Alon Alroy, Eran Ben-Shushan, and Boaz Katz of Bizzabo draw on the knowledge they’ve gained powering events for companies like Amazon, Salesforce, and Uber to deliver an end-to-end playbook for readers wanting to maximize their organization’s return on events. Event Success will help you unlock the full potential of your events and make them your most important marketing channel. You’ll learn how to create elevated experiences in any format that drive strategic business goals, including: How to measure event success with surveys, data, analytics, and key KPIs How to integrate events into a strategic, end-to-end marketing plan How to collect, analyze, and funnel event data to other teams to drive business growth What events are successful, what the data says about them, and real-life examples from SAP, the Financial Times, IBM, and other leading brands that capture the imagination of their audiences through events Event Success is ideal for marketers, event professionals, and anyone responsible for creating buzz, driving new sales, and building thought leadership with in-person, hybrid, or virtual events. It’s also an invaluable resource for maximizing your organization’s “RoE”—or Return on Event—with measurable increases in sales.