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How to Get Results That Make a Difference – The Revolutionary Old-School Approach

Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. If you listen to Jim analyze a business situation you get absolutely no baloney. And, frankly, finding someone like that is a rarity. In this vivid first-person account he reveals his system for success that is both cutting-edge and back-to-basics.

The ability to face the unvarnished truth about yourself and your business and using what you see as the basis for action. Using the force of your personality and ideas to infuse people and an entire organization with a sense of purpose and mission. Gillette, with just five product lines, had over 20, SKUs. After studying the issue for over two years, there were still 20, How Kilts got Gillette off the dime to pare down the number to 7, almost overnight is an astonishing example of getting the rubber to meet the road—with enormous benefits to the business.

For Jim Kilts it was Total Brand Value, the framework he used in the consumer products industry for achieving better, faster, and more complete results than the competition.

Doing What Matters: The Revolutionary Old-School Approach to Business Success and Why It Works

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I couldn't get to the end of this book. He started off by talking about doing what matters, then goes on and on about how much he likes himself. A lot of the stuff he discusses seems like common sense, and I think people get so stuck in a world of what they are "supposed to do" and don't reflect on what's actually happening. Maybe this all needed to be said, but it was not particularly interesting to me.

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I really don't care for some of the companies he discusses, so it was just starting to bring I couldn't get to the end of this book. I really don't care for some of the companies he discusses, so it was just starting to bring me down. One of few books I didn't finish. Just not applicable to me. Many books made for business apply to life or to my nonprofit career but this was for CEO's of businesses dealing with the quantities of razors sold etc I was so happy when a good book on hold came in at the library and I could stop listening to this one on CD.

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There is often a rare book that resonates with you. The reverberation is so strong that you wish to align with each and every line written as a wisdom that is talking to you. This is one such wonderful book. I did not just read this book, but learnt it as a text book in university syllabus. I read it, took copious notes of each and every nugget, now have realms of pages of written notes to synthesize frequently. If there is a practical actionable insightful book to excel in a management role, do There is often a rare book that resonates with you. If there is a practical actionable insightful book to excel in a management role, do not bypass this text.