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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 1 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | What are the underlying handful of fundamentals that haven't changed for over a hundred years? From Harnish's famous "Mastering a One Page Strategic Plan" process that has been a best-selling article on the web to his concise outline of eight practical actions you can take to strengthen your culture, this book is a compilation of best practices adapted from some of the best-run firms on the planet. Included is an instructive chapter co-authored by Rich Russakoff, revealing winning tactics to get banks to finance your business. Lastly, there are case studies demonstrating the validity of Harnish's practical approaches. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Verne Harnish | | Hardcover: | 176 pages | | Publisher: | Gazelles, Inc. | | Publication Date: | January 01, 2010 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1590790154 | | Product Length: | 9.38 inches | | Product Width: | 6.27 inches | | Product Height: | 0.76 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.89 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 5.9 inches | | Package Height: | 0.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 50 reviews |
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25 of 30 found the following review helpful:
 The "Bible" for Entreprenuers Dec 02, 2004
By Danielle Mulvey
"Maverick Strategist"
Verne is truly the "entreprenuer's guru" - he knows our strengths and weaknesses to a prefect tee and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits is "the well" of inspiration for entreprenuers at any stage of their businesses.
What makes Verne the true genius is the fact that all of the ideas and concepts he talks about in the book are tangible resources that you can EFFORTLESSLY implement into your organization. Most books are full of ideas and leave the reader to "re-create the wheel" in order to make the ideas come to life, but Verne knows entrepreneurs well and has removed the burden of responsiblity to create the tanglibles he talks about.
I love to read, and have a lot of favorites including Good to Great, Wizard of Ads, Topgrading, The E-Myth and Execution -- but Mastering the Rockefeller Habits is truly the most practical and inspiring book an entreprenuer can read.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Good but misleading Jan 22, 2012
By J. P. Rogers
Harnish covers some good points for smaller businesses and entrepreneurs but I honestly don't think he did much research on John D. Rockefeller, his methods and the Standard Oil corporation. I gained MUCH more insight into Rockefeller by reading the superbly researched and detailed biography of Rockefeller, "Titan", than I did reading Harnish's book. Harnish actually spends more time discussing case studies of medium to small business than he does on Rockefeller. The cynical view of Harnish is that he and the publishing company used Rockefeller's name and legend to sell the book, while actually providing little insight into the Rockefeller business system. In this instance, I'm inclined to cynicism.
This is a good book for entrepreneurs, not for understanding Rockefeller, his genius or his habits. I would not recommend this to someone interested in learning more about the business system and principles of Rockefeller.
18 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Entrepreneur Of The Year winner - This is a Must-Read! Nov 13, 2002
By Cynthia Driskill
Planning is everything. Our company used to be great at developing plans - we had grand plans, plans we'd worked on for months, and plans for our plans. We were planning experts. But we couldn't implement. Our plans sat in fancy binders and we pulled them out to look at them periodically, felt better because we had them, and couldn't figure out why things weren't happening like we'd planned.
Then we read Mastering the Rockefeller Habits. And we found we could actually implement the plans that we learned how to develop from the methods and techniques defined in the book. We now have plans that work. And our company has matured tremendously as an organization from following the book. I strongly recommend that any company, from young start-up to those more mature, read and implement the strategies in this book. It will change your world.
12 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Habits equal success Apr 12, 2002
By Roger Scheumann
Read five "how to" books and you'll get five very different ways to "do" something. Only turning those steps into Habits, and the mastering them, as Verne Harnish details in his book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, has worked for me. A growth "guru" in his own right, this book does as excellent job distilling the elements Verne's introduced to hundreds of fast growth companies into a recipe for success. It provides a clear methodolgy for annual and quarterly planning, alligning a management team around Brand Promise and a Big Hairy Audacious Goal and creating rhythm and clear, open communication within an organization. Before reading this book, and then applying Verne's principles, we were stuck in "no man's land". Now, our management team is alligned and we've grown more in the past six months than in the past couple of years combined.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
One of the best business books I have read Dec 01, 2010
By Bodacious
I went through a phase where i was wondering whjere the next decent book was going to come along, and then someone recommended this and the 12 Elements of Great Managing. Both of which are excellent. The Rockefeller Habits was a book that was in the right place at the right time for me and our company. Using a lot of the tactics discussed in this book we revolutionized the way we were doing business, improved our company culture, aligned our organizational goals from top to bottom. It has certainly made me feel much more in control of whats happening with the business. The only downside is that the examples used tend to concentrate on companies that have gone on to tens of millions of dollars in turnover, which is fine, but can be a little pie in the sky for some industries.
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