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Breakthrough: How Great Companies Set Outrageous Objectives - and Achieve Them
by Bill Davidson

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Overview

Breakthrough is a fact-based, practical guide that helps business leaders keep their success cycles turning with constant business innovation. Based on a landmark ten-year study of more than seventy bold, breakthrough companies–such as IBM, Countrywide, and American Standard–this book shows how the world’s best companies stay on top. The secret these high-performing companies share: challenging themselves to achieve goals that seem unreasonable; developing master plans that integrate every area of the company; harnessing technology, process innovation, and people in pursuit of focused goals; and consistent, disciplined execution. 

Breakthrough requires more than just good ideas or extra effort–it comes from practical, real-world steps that lead to unbelievable results.  This book describes all the ways breakthrough companies separate themselves from their rivals, including:

bulletStarting and managing the success cycle
bulletFocusing on a single core strategy
bulletConverting competitive and customer realities into momentum
bulletInnovating at the core of the company
bulletFollowing a framework
bulletEmbracing program management techniques
bulletUsing Performance Management Systems
bulletCommunicating effectively

Packed with case studies and revealing data, Breakthrough combines proven advice for aspiring leaders with practical strategies for effective business innovation. For market leaders and insurgent companies alike, the key to outrageous success is setting the outrageous goal–and using the power of Breakthrough to achieve it.
 

From the Back Cover

"Teams that embrace bold goals and breakthrough strategies can accomplish remarkable results. This book will be invaluable to anyone embarking on that path."
-- Bart Butzer
   Executive Vice President, Target Corporation

"Yellow’s continued industry leadership will result in large part from embracing Bill Davidson’s philosophy and approach."
-- Bill Zollars
   CEO, Yellow Corporation

"Strategic change is a high-risk, high-return proposition. Davidson’s framework provides a sure, firm foundation for success."
-- Roger MacFarlane
   CEO, UTi Worldwide

"This is a serious piece of work which should be required reading for all business leaders. If you plan on remaining or becoming number one in your industry, have your top management team read this right away."
-- Bob Herson
   CEO, Executive Focus International, Inc.

"I could not put it down--stunning insights into corporate strategy and tactics."
-- Randall Lunn
   General Partner, Palomar Ventures

   
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