Lessons from the Sandbox; Using the 13 Gifts of Childhood to Rediscover the Keys to Business Success

Gregerman, Alan

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL, 2000

0809224380 / 9780809224388

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Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7 inches. xvi, [2], 250, [2] pages. Boxes. Part I: Living; Part II: Exploring, and Part III: Belonging. A Note for Working Parents. Concluding Note. Appendix: Testing Your IQ. Great Things to Read. Signed and inscribed by the author. Inscription reads: Sharon, To a life filled with wonder! Alan. This is a wonderful book about recapturing the magic and sense of wonder that we all had as children. It provides wisdom and practical guidance, and should be a must-read for the business readers of today and tomorrow. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Conclusion, A Note for Working Parents, Concluding Note, Appendix: Testing Your IQ, and Great Things to Read. Topics covered include Living, Exploring, and Belonging. Dr. Alan S. Gregerman is the founder and president of Venture Works, Inc., and is also a renowned authority on business strategy and innovation. He is an award-winning teacher, public speaker, and facilitator who has been called "the most creative person in the Mid-Atlantic" and "The Robin Williams of business consulting". His customers include a wide range of growing companies, entrepreneurial start-ups, and Fortune 500 firms including GTE, Discovery Communications, SmithKline Beecham, Marriott, and Nortel Networks. In Lessons from the Sandbox renowned consultant Alan Gregerman, shows how the insights gained from children can help companies to innovate, grow, and improve their bottom line performance. Lessons is a book about the magic of childhood, the potential of adulthood, jumping in puddles, and prospering in tomorrow's economy. Looking closely at the corporate world and the daily lives of children, Gregerman identifies 13 key "gifts" or talents we all possessed quite naturally as kids that are essential to business success. These are the gifts of play, enthusiasm, focus, urgency, leadership, wonder, curiosity, asking questions, trying new things, creativity, participation, making safe and cozy places, and accomplishing simple and great things. In addition to explaining these gifts and their importance, he shows in upbeat and practical terms how we can rediscover them and use them to improve corporate performance and our personal success. The message of Lessons is simple and powerful. We all possess the innate ability to make a real difference in the world around us. But as we get older most of us lose the knack for tapping these gifts of childhood. And most companies lose the knack for inspiring us to really reach our full potential. Lessons is a book for established companies and leaders who are looking for new ways to innovate, grow, and bring out the special talents in all of their people. It is also a book for entrepreneurs who are starting and building successful companies and would like to maintain their sense of energy, enthusiasm, and wonder. And, it provides new insight for everyone trying to balance work and family by showing how you can actually be more successful at work by spending time with and learning from children. So if you have ever been a small child yourself or have small children in your life come join Alan Gregerman and his friends on a serious-and seriously fun-journey to the playground for some amazing lessons about leadership, learning, enthusiasm, asking a million questions, working together, thinking outside the box, and just plain having fun .lessons that we all knew naturally when we were kids. The success of your company could be waiting at the edge of the sandbox.

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Titre
Lessons from the Sandbox; Using the 13 Gifts of Childhood to Rediscover the Keys to Business Success
Auteur
Gregerman, Alan
Éditeur
Contemporary Books, Chicago, IL
Année de publication
2000
État de l'article
Very good
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very good
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Signé par l'auteur
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0809224380
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780809224388
Illustrateur
Theresa Blackwell (author photograph)
Édition
Third Printing [stated].
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