Icons and Idiots Straight Talk on Leadership

Name: Icons and Idiots Straight Talk on Leadership
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ISBN: 9781591846048

ISBN-10: 1591846048

ISBN-13: 9781591846048

Edition: 2013

Authors: Bob Lutz

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A management manifesto from the acclaimed author ofCar Guys vs. Bean Counters When Bob Lutz retired from GM, after a forty-seven-year career in the car industry, he was one of the most revered leaders in his field. His previous book,Car Guys vs. Bean Counters, recounted his work to revitalize GM and restore drive and passion to the industry. Now Lutz profiles the leaders—good, bad, and ugly—who made the strongest impression on him throughout his career. With a collection of shocking and sometimes hilarious anecdotes, he creates an entertaining manual of dos and don’ts for the aspiring leader. The bizarre foibles and rank stupidity of many of his bosses were hardly unique to the car…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/4/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



What's this guy doing as a high school teacher?




United States Marine Corps: Transforming civilian "turds" into Marines In twelve not-so-easy weeks




Director of Forward: Planning, GM Overseas Operations Does he know any words besides four-letter ones?




Chairman of the Management Board, Adam Opel AG: The trouble with being a teetotaler is waking up at 8:00 A.M. and realizing that that's the best you're gonna feel all day.




Chairman and CEO, BMW AG: A Prussian aristocrat with street-fighter instincts.




Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company: You might not like him, but you've got to respect him.




Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company: The bean counter's bean counter. If it can't be quantified, I don't want to know about it.




Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation: The name is an acronym for "I Am Chairman Of Chrysler Corporation, Always."




Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Corporation: What you saw wasn't what you got.




Chairman and CEO, Exide Technologies: "The Felon"




Chairman and CEO, General Motors: Superior intelligence and human qualities don't always win.



Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Appendix


Index