Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving the Spirit, and Recreating the Success of Your Company [Abridged] [Audio Cassette]

James A. Belasco (Author), Jerre L. Stead (Author), David Ackroyd (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

Introduces a customer-focused, knowledge-based "systematic methodology" for creating positive change within a company, based on the theory that it is easier to change the future of a company rather than the present. Simultaneous.

Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

Professor Belasco and longtime technology industry veteran Jerre Stead propose that an organization must first die in order to be effectively reborn. Through a detailed series of case histories the authors instruct business owners to create their own futures, to use their connections, to help others learn, to help others succeed and to take ownership of their companies and their lives. Making employees excited, owners must constantly be educating them and themselves to create a culture that celebrates achievement and functions as a customer-focused, people-based organization. David Ackroyd's reading is clear and compelling. He speaks with authority and with energy, exactly what is needed to make this kind of business book come to life. M.D.B. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Dove Entertainment Inc; Abridged edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787106186
• ISBN-13: 978-0787106188
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,932,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good enough to buy the book, July 5, 2000

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Joshua Blacksher (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving the Spirit, and Recreating the Success of Your Company (Audio Cassette)

I listened to the tape set, and found the ideas solid and beleivable. I do not have a long business life, but from my experience everything was right on. I found the frequent discussion of known wrong approaches very interesting, especially since I have seen so many people live them.

I will buy the book as a reference piece because the tapes were that good.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have tool for customer success., December 4, 1998

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This review is from: Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving the Spirit, and Recreating the Success of Your Company (Audio Cassette)

Dr. Belasco has a way of writing the sometimes hard to hear truth about our organizations. He marries practicality and reality with utopian dreams. Somehow, when we are done reading his works, we believe we we can reach utopia.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best executive roadmaps for a business turnaround, April 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving the Spirit, and Recreating the Success of Your Company (Audio Cassette)

This book represents a solid and actionable roadmap for building and rebuilding a successful business of any size -- whatever the situation or current performance of the business. You can expect to receive important insights that you as an executive can apply toward creating a business that sets clear goals and meets them -- building the right relaitonships with your team, establishing a vision, mission and objectives while executing with leadership and a pragmatic focus on detail. You should also take a look at the companion book - a later re-issue of this edition, re-titled Seize Tomorrow - Start Today ... which is a handy paperback version. Again, this is an executive-level book which many business leaders actually HAVE used to turn businesses around. No other business book offers as much insight, so intelligently packaged and articulated. THis is the essential executive handbook for business and individual renewal.