Think Big, Act Small : How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive
ISBN: 9781591843931 | 1591843936
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Pub. Date: 5/2/2012
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The bestselling author of "Less Is More" reveals how great companies blend the ambitions of a giant with the humility and focus of a start-up.
Tradition says there are three ways to grow a company’s profits: Fire up the sales team with empty promises, cut costs and downsize, or cook the books. But what if there’s a better way—a way that nine amazingly profitable and well-run companies are already embracing? Jason Jennings and his research team screened more than 100,000 American companies to find nine that rarely ... MORE
Tradition says there are three ways to grow a company’s profits: Fire up the sales team with empty promises, cut costs and downsize, or cook the books. But what if there’s a better way—a way that nine amazingly profitable and well-run companies are already embracing? Jason Jennings and his research team screened more than 100,000 American companies to find nine that rarely ... MORE
| Preface to the Paperback Edition | p. ix |
| Introduction: The Holy Grail for Growth | p. xiii |
| Think Big | p. 1 |
| The Building Blocks | p. 9 |
| Down to Earth | p. 11 |
| Keep Your Hands Dirty: SAS Institute | p. 28 |
| Make Short-Term Goals and Long-Term Horizons: Sonic Drive-In | p. 44 |
| Let Go: Cabela's | p. 61 |
| Have Everyone Think and Act Like the Owner: Koch Indust... MORE | p. 81 |
| Invent New Businesses: Dot Foods | p. 105 |
| Create Win-Win Solutions: Medline Industries | p. 126 |
| Play Your Own Game: PETCO Animal Supplies | p. 146 |
| Build Communities: Strayer Education | p. 168 |
| Grow Future Leaders: O'Reilly Automotive | p. 187 |
| The Quad: A Self-Evaluation and Ranking | p. 209 |
| The Research: Eating an Elephant | p. 225 |
| Charts | p. 243 |
| Conclusion by Brain Solon, lead researcher | p. 253 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 257 |
| Index | p. 267 |
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Jason Jennings is the bestselling author of four highly acclaimed leadership and management books—Hit the Ground Running; Think Big, Act Small; Less Is More; and It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small . . . It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow. USA Today called him one of the three most in-demand business speakers in the world. Visit jennings-solutions.com.
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