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Saving Big Blue

Leadership Lessons and Turnaround Tactics of IBM's Lou Gerstner

Saving Big Blue
Item #: 2126

Having explained Jack Welch and the GE Way in his previous best-seller, Slater now turns his attention to Louis V. Gerstner, who saved the floundering IBM by focusing on customers and demanding high performance from his managers and employees. Full of key leadership lessons for managing a turnaround.

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  • Summary Release Date: November 1999

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