Richard S Tedlow: 3 books
Denial
Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--and What to Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
An astute diagnosis of one of the biggest problems in business
Denial is the unconscious determination that a certain reality is too terrible to contemplate, so therefore it cannot be true. We see it everywhere, from the alcoholic who swears he's just a social drinker to the president who declares...
Giants of Enterprise
Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Seven business innovators and the empires they built.
The pre-eminent business historian of our time, Richard S. Tedlow, examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cutting-edge technology and formed enduring corporate empires.
With the depth and clarity of a master, Tedlow illuminates...
The Watson Dynasty
The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
For an extraordinary fifty-seven-year period, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing companies was run by two men who were flesh and blood. The chief executives of the International Business Machines Corporation from 1914 until 1971 were Thomas J. Watson and Thomas J. Watson, father and son....