Saving Big Blue: Leadership Lessons & Turnaround Tactics of IBM's Lou Gerstner
Author: Robert Slater
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ISBN: 0071342117
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional (20 July, 1999)
Sales Rank: 58,448
Average Customer Rating: 2.83 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
For a Juicier Read, See Garr's Just Released IBM Redux
As both an IBM employee & one very interested in the workings of this unique company, I enjoyed reading 2 just-released books in the past 2 weeks, Robert Slater's Saving IBM and Garr's. Slater's was the business case version of IBM. Garr's was the real scoop behind the workings of not just Gerstner but his many lieutenants, both long-time IBM employees and outsiders. Although I was somewhat embarrassed by some of Garr's stories, including the FUMU's, I still enjoyed the book. I was disappointed in the lack of coverage with IBM Global Services.
Rating: 4 out of 5
excellent example of leadership vs corporate complacency
As a former employee of both IBM and AT&T, I lived through years of lack of leadership, innovation and bad management decisions. Lou Gerstner demonstrated that a few common sense principles (listen, customers, focus) go a long way in building a business. I enjoyed the book very much and recommended it to my co-workers.
Rating: 4 out of 5
A book worthy of be studied on a worthy CEO of a worthy Corp
The content of the book is worthy of being studied by managers. How to control risks and how to bring comany away from risk, is a necessary topic in such times, especially after 911.
IBM is a great company which was founded in a great country. Now IBM belongs to the world, not only for its great profit, but for its great experience, including its great failure in past.
So, this book is worthy of be read, you will learn a lot from it.
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