In Fast Growth: How to Attain It, How to Sustain It, Laurence G. Weinzimmer combines real-world consulting experiences with his extensive research and revolutionary insights to present the three growth drivers common to high-performance companies: leadership, market factors, and effective strategy. Fast Growth features profiles from Fortune 500 Companies, Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies and Business Week’s Hot Growth Companies.
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"... Fast Growth...effectively punctuates how long-term sustainable growth only results from a long-term plan combined with an appropriate corporate culture." -- Donald V. Fites, Chairman, Retired, Caterpillar Inc., a director of AT&T and Exxon Mobil Corporation.
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“Fast Growth offers important insights into growing your business rapidly without compromising your excellence. ”
—Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Gung Ho!
“To grow, and do so profitably, you’re going to have to be far ahead of the pack. The only way to do this is through ‘total solution’ thinking. Fast Growth, simply stated, ‘gets it!’”
—Keith L. Alm, President Hallmark Cards International
“In clear, specific language Dr. Weinzimmer presents a roadmap for both how and why to launch a company on an aggressive growth path, and also a checklist that can be used to help assess your performance while ‘in the game.’ Even in our unrelenting work schedule of ‘Internet pace’ this is an investment of time with immediate returns. ”
—David Campbell, President and CEO Xpedior
“I really enjoyed reading Fast Growth. Once I started, I could not lay it down. It is a fascinating look into the mechanics of a fast growth business. Larry Weinzimmer does a fantastic job pulling together the theory and reality of business growth. This is a great how-to book for driving growth in any business and then sustaining it. I found myself making many notes and will recommend this book to my entire management team. Right on! ”
—Dick Blaudow, President and CEO ATS
“In Fast Growth: How to Attain It, How to Sustain It, Weinzimmer brilliantly presents a blueprint for executives and companies focused on high performance. This book offers original insights and genuine conclusions.”
—Daniel P. Daly, President and CEO First Capital Bank
“An easy and rewarding read. Anyone in or interested in business success should read this book. Classic cases are presented in whole new perspectives that are extremely powerful. ”
—Peter K. Volz, Executive Vice President Leo Burnett U.S.A.
“An insightful and innovative look at growth. The perfect how-to book for high performance. Every business manager should read Fast Growth before making another move! I hope my competitors don’t read this book! ”
—Joe Kaplan, President and CEO, Innovative Merchant Solutions, And winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
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Fast Growth gave us some new tools to put together a plan of attack for growth. By using a down-to-earth common-sense approach this book cut through a lot of the gray areas we'd struggled with for years. This was definitely one of the better reads I've had in a long time!
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Great book. It provided everything we needed to put together a comprehensive, balanced plan for growth. I highly recommend this book toeveryone!
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Fundamental Business Strategy,
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Unquestionably, fundamentals are the key to sustained business success. In today's dynamic and scattershot corporate environment, buzzwords and instant "must-do" paradigms abound. In "Fast Growth", Dr. Weinzimmer has blown through the confusing clouds of "must do's" spun by hypothetical consultants to deliver a product of strategy fundaments focused on additive value creation. Dr. Weinzimmer doesn't stop there, but continues on past strategic identification through all important steps of its implementation. A beautiful combination of the "WHAT" and the "HOW". Surely a gift for every businessperson - from college students through CEOs.
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Michael Dell, Business Week, Jack Welch, Logic Works, Midwest Express, Redefining the Basics, Strategy Hierarchy, Tom Peters, United States, Cisco Systems, Emerson Electric, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Innovative Merchant Solutions, Chuck Knight, General Electric, John Chambers, Ronald Henkoff, Executive Excellence, Five Ways, General Motors, Growing Your Company, Making New Friends, New York, The Growth Imperative New!
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Michael Dell, Business Week, Jack Welch, Logic Works, Midwest Express, Redefining the Basics, Strategy Hierarchy, Tom Peters, United States, Cisco Systems, Emerson Electric, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Innovative Merchant Solutions, Chuck Knight, General Electric, John Chambers, Ronald Henkoff, Executive Excellence, Five Ways, General Motors, Growing Your Company, Making New Friends, New York, The Growth Imperative New!
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- Strategic Management Update, Fifth Edition by Charles W. L. Hill on page 204
- Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach by Charles W. L. Hill on page 204
- Acres of Diamonds by R. H. Conwell on page 54
- Strategic Planning Made Easy (Entrepreneur Made Easy Series) by Fred L Fry on page 21, and page 126
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