Remarkable insight into the leadership culture of one of the world's largest cosmetics companies It's no secret that Mary Kay Inc. -- home of the famous "Pink Cadillac" -- is one of the best run and most successful companies in the world, prompting Harvard professors and U.S. Government agencies to study what made the company a global phenomenon. But what many people may not realize is that Mary Kay is much more than a Pink Cadillac. While this widely recognized icon is a symbol of top performance, it stands for something greater - a way of doing business with a personal concern for people that has made Mary Kay a different kind of company. This book explains the methods and mindset that can bring the same kind of success to your organization. More than a Pink Cadillac provides insights into a unique and extraordinarily successful business - one that grew out of, and is still founded upon, a simple set of powerful principles. It represents the first time the company has given an outside author -- Jim Underwood -- unlimited access to its employees and management. The principles he reveals in this book have already influenced the lives of hundreds of thousands of men and women around the world - and they can do the same for your organization.

More Than a Pink Cadillac : Mary Kay, Inc.'s Nine Leadership Keys to Success

Business & Money

Jim Underwood

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

How exceptional companies destroy the hidden barriers to success...and their competition. If you want to know how America's top performing companies operate, you will discover it in The Invisible Wall. Based on interviews over a 15 year period with the leaders of some of America's top companies, the book provides insight into the radical practices that create high performance companies. "One of the key concepts that came out of all of those interviews" says Dr. Underwood, the author, "Was the Ten Values". "It was astounding," he says, "All of the companies operated in almost the exact same way and based their philosophies on the same values." The Invisible Wall is not just a book about theory, it's a story. It's about two consulting teams that are working with two companies: One highly successful and one that is approaching meltdown. More importantly, it reveals how the struggling company was able to reinvent itself around the Ten Values and become an incredibly adaptive and successful company. It should surprise no one that The Invisible Wall is based upon real companies and real stories. Only the names have been changed to disguise the identity of the real companies...and people.

The Invisible Wall

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Competitive Intelligence

Capstone Publishing

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More Than a Pink Cadillac : Mary Kay, Inc.'s Nine Leadership Keys to Success

The Invisible Wall

Competitive Intelligence

The New Corporate Strategy