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Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic: Inside One of the World’s Most Admired Service Organizations [Hardcover]

Leonard Berry , Kent Seltman
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Book Description

May 19, 2008

Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic reveals for the first time how this complex service organization fosters a culture that exceeds customer expectations and earns deep loyalty from both customers and employees. Service business authority Leonard Berry and Mayo Clinic marketing administrator Kent Seltman explain how the Clinic implements and maintains its strategy, adheres to its management system, executes its care model, and embraces new knowledge - invaluable lessons for managers and service providers of all industries.

Drs. Berry and Seltman had the rare opportunity to study Mayo Clinic's service culture and systems from the inside by conducting personal interviews with leaders, clinicians, staff, and patients, as well as observing hundreds of clinician-patient interactions. The result is a book about how the Clinic's business concept produces stellar clinical results, organizational efficiency, and interpersonal service.

By examining the operating principles that guide every management decision at this legendary healthcare institution, the authors

  • Demonstrate how a great service brand evolves from the core values that nourish and protect it
  • Extrapolate instructive business lessons that apply outside healthcare
  • Illustrate the benefits of pooling talent and encouraging teamwork
  • Relate historical events and perspectives to the present-day Mayo Clinic
  • Share inspiring stories from staff and patients

An innovative analysis of this exemplary institution, Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic presents a proven prescription for creating sustainable service excellence in any organization.


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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Prescriptions for Service Success

“Quite possibly the most important management book to appear in more than a decade…essential reading for the leaders of any type of organization.”-Gerald Zaltman, PhD, author of How Customers Think

“This book reads like a thriller taking you into the heart of a great organization and peeling off, layer by layer, the secrets of creating incomparable performance for your customers and your partners. It should be read by everyone in business.”-Philip Kotler, Ph.D., S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

“A landmark. Through deep study, respectful listening, and eloquent reporting, the authors connect 'service success' to the very core of healthcare's mission and to the very soul of the healthcare workforce.”-Donald M. Berwick, M.D., MPP, president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

“This book is an essential read for those managing labor-intensive, highly interactive service businesses, and offers thought provoking guidance to anyone seeking to build a customer-focused culture.”-George Day, Ph.D., Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor and codirector, Mack Center for Technological Innovation, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

“Berry and Seltman have now defined a new gold standard for service with their extraordinary assessments of the prestigious Mayo Clinic's service culture and management.”-James D. Rogers, chairman/CEO, Kampgrounds of America Inc.

“An extraordinary book that provides wonderful lessons in how to build and sustain service excellence in any business organization. It also offers superb insights on how unshakable core values can drive a successful culture.”-Stephen W. Brown, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Services Leadership, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

About the Author

Leonard Berry, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Marketing, and holds the M.B. Zale Chair in Retailing and Marketing Leadership in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He is also Professor of Humanities in Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center. Dr. Berry is the author of several service quality bestsellers and the recipient of the 2007 American Marketing Association/Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award and the 2008 Paul D. Converse Award.

Kent Seltman, PhD, served as director of marketing at Mayo Clinic from 1992 through 2006. With more than 25 years of experience in healthcare marketing, Dr. Seltman writes and lectures frequently on marketing and branding. He also served as editor of Marketing Health Services, published by the American Marketing Association.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (May 19, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071590730
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071590730
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The book is well written and easy to understand. Ihab Mikhail  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
Anyone involved in dealing with the public should read this book. Charles Decker  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Built to last December 8, 2009
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Mayo Clinic is part of the American vernacular, and synonymous with excellence in health care. Did you ever wonder how the organization achieved such remarkable level of awareness inarguable brand associations? In Berry and Seltman's book, you'll learn that it had little to do with promotion, and everything to do with values. Preservation of the values of the Drs. Mayo is baked into the "product" of Mayo Clinic, which, of course, is a service.

If you are in the service industry, then you know that product features are defined by the service experience, and the benefits are determined by customer satisfaction. Both are intangibles.

Mayo Clinic has applied manufacturing process improvement (Six Sigma, LEAN, et al) to healthcare systems to improve the patient experience. For in the end, Mayo's management understands that the patient outcomes define product quality, and patient satisfaction is the promotion.

With all the hoopla today surrounding social media and marketing, an interesting sidebar to this book is the realization that Mayo's brand was built entirely through social networks; patients travel around the world for treatment at the clinic, and return home to tell the tale to friends and family. Quite obviously, the majority of the stories told have been positive. This book helps us to understand why.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for anyone in healthcare August 5, 2008
Format:Hardcover
An excellent book with practical principles that work and can be applied in any healthcare/service setting, large or small. I like to underline noteworthy thoughts as I read. My problem was that so much of the book was underlined when I finished. I then ordered 30 copies from Amazon to give to team members, plus have recommended this book to a number of others outside our health system.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for service managers July 8, 2008
Format:Hardcover
Dr. Berry et al have beautifully gleaned valuable lessons from an outstanding organization that can be applied in multiple settings. The Mayo Clinic has attained a level of service that few organizations can achieve, and the secrets of there success are plainly revealed in their book. As a healthcare provider, I noticed how the authors clearly explained topics very familiar to those in healthcare so that members of all organizations can benefit. I would encourage any manager of a service organization to read this book.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book. A must have for regular consultation.
Amazing book. A must read for anyone eager to pursue a career in marketing or to any business owner who desires to provide superior customer service.
Published 21 days ago by Ricardo Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic
This book gives great insight into how the managers of the Mayo Clinic maintained their core values and created a world renown health management system. Read more
Published 1 month ago by DeliGirl
4.0 out of 5 stars Well,
This is more like the story of the clinic itself. That is ok. I was looking more for; Lesson 1: Lesson 2:...... If you are looking for that this is not your book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Romita
4.0 out of 5 stars Great review of the mayo
This is a great book about the Mayo Clinic. The book covers all aspects of the clinics history and functioning. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Special k
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book for business
The practical tools used by the Mayo Clinic can be applied to any service oriented business. This company focuses on customer service, integrity, and core values and is a great... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Romeo Richards
5.0 out of 5 stars Mayo clinic
Easy to read and well written book. I read the book for a business finance class related to health care. Read more
Published 6 months ago by gc
5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for managers and entrepreneurs
Many services, including practice management, share common dynamics with healthcare services in general:
- Intangible core benefit; it comes from a performance, and customers... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Dr. Yuval Lirov
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for anyone in a service related industry!
Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic is a permanent fixture in my library and one that I give to friends, peers and business acquaintances regularly. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Klint Guerry, Sewell Automotive Companies
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Addition to Business Library
Management Lessons From Mayo Clinic is an insightful book on how an organization can differentiate itself through unparalleled customer service. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tony N.
2.0 out of 5 stars Yawn
It's not a bad book, but I didn't find it delivered much content. It was more a steady discussion of how cool and successful the Mayo culture is and not much information that... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Peter H. Elias
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