Book Synopsis (From Library
Journal):
Business has had Total Quality Management (TQM), empowering
the employee, customer-oriented principles, peer management,
and, now, values-driven management. Lebow, founder and
chair of the Lebow Company, and Simon, (coauthor with
Gil Amelio of Profit from Experience, Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1995), suggest that after two years of values-driven
peer management, a business will experience continued
improvement and change. The "eight people values" they
cite are truth, trust, mentoring, openness, risk taking,
giving credit, honesty, and caring. Nevertheless, each
manager has to base each decision on ethical conduct,
or these values simply remain slogans. Businesses constantly
want something new to shake up the system, note the authors,
and keep managers open to change in the business environment.
Lebow does state he has been teaching this method effectively
for ten years. His book neatly summarizes management principles
in recent years and is recommended for that reason.
Peggy D. Odom, Texas Lib. Assn., Waco
Reviews
"Rob Lebow and William Simon are on the money.
Lasting Change is the only way to go and it can only
happen through shared values. Lasting Change is just
great - a must-read!"
Ken Blanchard
Chairman and CEO
Blanchard Training & Development, Inc. and coauthor of
The One Minute Manager.
"Don't miss this book! You'll come away with
some extraordinary insights into how great companies make
the Shared Values Process an essential principle of their
strategy."
John Sculley
Principal
Sculley Brothers and former CEO, Apple Computer
"The concepts and examples are extraordinary.
Lebow's Shared Values Process will prove to you that the
tired old prescription of 'fixing people' is flawed. To
improve performance, you must change the 'context.' This
formula will work for any organization that wants lasting
change!"
Paul Horgen
President and CEO
Think Federal Credit Union (IBM Mid-America Employees
Federal Credit Union )
"Today's leaders will need Shared Values simply
to meet the challenges ahead. The next generation will
demand those shared values. Lasting Change offers inspired
yet practical advice for those who seek to build organizations
guided by a moral compass."
Dick Capen
Author of Finishing Strong/Living the Values That
Take You the Distance
Former U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Publisher of the Miami
Herald
"The book is well written, straightforward, and
no-nonsense. It holds your attention. It is a book I will
certainly require in the MBA courses I teach."
Four-star general Warren D. Johnson, USAF (Ret.)
Adjunct Professor
Wake Forest University
"Lasting Change is packed full of the stuff that
makes great people and great companies a well-packaged
postgraduate education that is sure to have a lasting
impact on those who have the good fortune to read it.
It's a must-read for entry-level neophytes and seasoned
CEOs."
Harold Burson
Chairman
Burson-Marsteller
"A great collection of anecdotes and experiences
that will help a manager develop into a leader. The book
has a lot of information and is well written."
Philip Crosby
CEO of Philip Crosby Associates II, Inc.
Author of Quality Is Free and The Absolutes of Leadership
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