"His thinking is not done in an Ivory Tower but on the street. I have built several companies and there are phenomenal resonance. He takes up the cardinal issues. Using his thought is as real as anything I've ever done." DUDLEY G. BOYD, Fidelity Business Alliance Memphis, TN "Remarkably constructive advice for executives dealing with change. Adizes' framework enables top managers to see the kind of changes their companies may need and how to get there." PROFESSOR WILLIAM H. NEWMAN, Professor Emeritus Columbia University Graduate School of Business, "This book is a lighthouse which shows the position of the boat and leads the organization to its Eden. Extremely practical." DANIEL LEE, Head, Marketing and Sales NE Asia, CibaVision Taiwan "The Pursuit of Prime" is eminently accessible and chockfull of both visionary insights and practical lessons on leading the enterprise. Thoughtful, riveting, and intellectually compelling, this helpful leadership primer should represent great 'take home value' for lay entrepreneurs and captains of industry alike." ED SAVAGE,Chairman, Stanton Chase International Los Angeles, California "Adizes has done it again! As with his earlier books, truly remarkable insights are combined with real-world action steps which show how to use them in a wide variety of organizational situations. He goes beyond the often superficial, quick-fix suggestions of so many of today's "how-to-do-it" manuals and goes to the heart of what is needed and how to make it happen." DR. E. KIRBY WARREN,Professor and Director, The Management Institute, Columbia Graduate School of Business "Adizes is not only the best, but the only business philosopher who provides comprehensive solutions to complicated problems. The rest of the business literature fails when compared to his work. You don't need to read anything else!" JOEL SCHIAVONE,Former President, YPO International President, The Schiavone Corporation. Note: commentary entered by Dr. Patrick H. Griffin, Director of Communications, The Adizes Institute
The Pursuit of Prime wrote in an easy to read language and according Adizes Methodology, gives to the companies's leaders a "HOW TO" guide to reach or keep their companies to the maximum vitality, creativity, proftability, performance and commitment, called PRIME by Adizes. Considering that every change ( they are allways occuring) causes a problem, for each stage of the organization's lifecycle, Adizes shows what is a normal and an abnormal problem and what we have to do in terms of style of manegement,structure, strategy, staffing, rewards and planning and goals, to correct or to avoid the abnormal problems. This is a great book to be used like a tool for all leaders that want to transform their companies, big or small, in benchimarking-"TOP OF ALL". Adolfo Conceicao (adolfo@brnet.com.br)