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Behavioral Advantage, The: What the Smartest, Most Successful Companies Do Differently to Win in the B2B Arena

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Every page of this book is competitive gold. The book beautifully elaborates on the thinking processes that B2B companies use to gain competitive advantage in an ever-tightening market. It will help company leaders counter unproductive behavior, and function in highly competitive industries.
Generally, I tend to rate business books on how well they help me understand the business and industry I work in, and using those guidelines , I found this book to be extremely valuable. There are many original, great ideas presented in this book which stand alone on their own merit . However, Pugh and Bacon also build upon their previous book, Winning Behavior, which showed the paradox that well managed companies, like the Men's Warehouse, have built successful business models that listen to customers and employ behavioral differentiation, and yet are not emulated by their competition.
The authors draw on a large body of case histories and business theory to present a fresh and compelling case, reminiscent of Pugh's earlier work in Proposing to Win, which has helped me a great deal. This work differs from most business books by establishing a model, and then making innovative predictions based on that model. For that reason alone, it is more valuable than the typical management book, which simply documents what was successful elsewhere, without a real analysis as to the reasons and limitations of this success.

I love the book, Winning Behavior, but this one is disappointing. The authors spent 6 chapters or 170 pages on chess analogy: on Opening Game, Early Middle Game, Mid Middle Game, Late Middle Game, End Game. Trust me, I am a chess player and love it. It still wears on me after a couple chapers. The same contents started to repeat. This book might be beneficial for a sales people, but this is a tough read.

It is nice and on time. It has great efficiency.
C'est bien. Merci beaucoup!