The Art Of Corporate Success

A revealing portrait of one of the world’s finest, yet most opaque, companies—and the quiet genius who made it thrive Ken Auletta set out to locate one of the world’s most prosperous businesses and explain its formula for success. He searched for an enterprise with a vivid chief executive and found that company in Schlumberger Limited, a multinational oilfield services firm with skyrocketing profits and a reputation as one of the best-managed global corporations. Auletta also found his fascinating CEO in Jean Riboud, a man who had eluded media attention even though he had guided Schlumberger for 2 decades. In this compelling portrait, Auletta brings the notoriously low-profile executive to life, detailing his unique style of management and the unusual corporate culture he nurtured. A self-proclaimed socialist from France, Riboud fought in the resistance during World War II, was captured by the Nazis, and was held prisoner at the Buchenwald concentration camp. He joined Schlumberger as an assistant and quickly rose through the company’s ranks. Although he was admired for his fierce drive for perfection and eye for long-term planning and expansion, Riboud distanced himself from his corporate cohorts and instead socialized with a diverse group of artists, writers, and politicians. Brilliant and paradoxical, Riboud makes for a fascinating subject in Auletta’s comprehensive and illuminating book.

Finally make a living doing what you love. A compete and easy-to-follow system for the artist who wasn't born with a business mind. Learn how to find buyers, get paid fairly, negotiate nicely, deal with copycats and sell more art.

Corporate success differs by company, sector and industry. Thirteen case studies document the corporate growth of companies from different industries in the UAE, a progressive and innovative nation in the Middle East. Examining key indicators of success of each company, capturing the strategic drivers behind them and assessing the best practices.

Organizations spend huge amounts of time developing strategies, and yet so many of them fail to yield positive results. The truth is, even the best strategies will not succeed if they are not fully adopted. For this to happen, employees must know exactly what personal behaviors align with the new strategy, how those behaviors fit into an overall business plan, and how they will be held accountable to execute the plan. In this guidebook, youll discover how to ensure your team members adopt your strategy. Learn how to make psychological, structural, and contractual connections. Youll also find out how to create an environment that encourages change; communicate and manage expectations; develop different elements of trust to ensure success; assess your effectiveness as a manager and leader. Written in clear language and loaded with examples, this roadmap will help you get the strategies youve worked so hard to develop adopted. Make the critical connections needed to assure sustained, organization-wide adoption of a new strategy and further your Corporate Success.

People forget facts, but they never forget a good story. Let the Story Do the Work shows how the art of storytelling is key for any business to achieve success. For most, there’s nothing easy about crafting a memorable story, let alone linking it to professional goals. However, material for stories and anecdotes that can be used for your professional success already surround you. To get people interested in and convinced by what you are saying, you need to tell an interesting story. As the Founder and Chief Story Facilitator at Leadership Story Lab, a company that helps executives unlock the persuasive power of storytelling, Esther Choy teaches you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that will achieve your goals. In Let the Story Do the Work, you can learn to: Capture attention Engage your audience Change minds Inspire action Pitch persuasively When you find the perfect hook, structure your story according to its strengths, and deliver it at the right time in the right way, you’ll see firsthand how easy it is to turn everyday communications into opportunities to connect, gain buy-in, and build lasting relationships.

This practical volume reveals how International Labour Standards (ILS) can be effective and powerful tools around which managers can build their corporate policies and practices particularly during this era of rapid economic change.

What if you had one book to show you and guide you to success in the world of banking and the corporate world? What if there was one book that actually acts as your private consultant and coach to guide you through the banking and corporate jungle avoiding the snakes, pits and beasts and guiding you to the short cuts? You have in your hands the one book that does it all for you and more.