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  • Advice from the Top

  • 1001 Bits of Business Wisdom from the Great Leaders of the Recent Past
  • By: Del Leonard Jones
  • Narrated by: Del Leonard Jones
  • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins

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Advice from the Top

By: Del Leonard Jones
Narrated by: Del Leonard Jones
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Hear the wisdom of the recent past....

The words of these leaders are perfect for these disrupting times.

Vijay Eswaran on starting each day with an hour of silence. Ewald Kist, CEO of ING, weighs in on the importance of physical fitness. NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott on making life’s transitions. Frank McGinnis, Emcor Group CEO on emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. TV game show host Howie Mandel on the risk of getting caught up in the emotion of the moment. James Morgan, Applied Materials CEO on leading through economic slumps. Anne Mulcahy, Xerox CEO, on leading through disaster. Clarence Otis, Darden Restaurants CEO, on gaining market share when the pie shrinks.

Jack Welch says “fire the bottom 10 percent of all workers." Julie Scardina says to treat them like animals.

Annie Duke, who has been fired by Donald Trump, says women should be thankful for men who underestimate them and “use it to their advantage.

Old-timers don’t mince words...

T.J. Rodgers says to never settle a lawsuit no matter how expedient. Quarterback Steve Young says no decision-maker ever has perfect information, so quit huddling, and put the ball in the air. Mark Cuban uses language that is not allowed in Audible's description.

Business journalist Del Jones - not to be confused with Dow Jones - has interviewed hundreds of CEOs, athletes, coaches, and entertainers. He combs through volumes of his notes, trims out the puffery, and bullets the best leadership tips of 64 men and women, most of them recently retired.

Among them: Steve Appleton, Brenda Barnes, Larry Brown, John Chambers, Michael Dell, Mike Eruzione, Jamie Houghton, Jeffrey Immelt, Tom Joyner, A.G. Lafley, Ronnie Lott, Howie Mandel, Wynton Marsalis, Thomas Monaghan, Anne Mulcahy, Robert Nardelli, Clarence Otis, Jeff Rich, Sally Ride, Irene Rosenfeld, Ron Sargent, Henry Silverman, Jonathan Schwartz, and Sandy Weill.

A very quick listen with bullet after bullet of wisdom. It’s like having sages around the campfire for an evening....

Fred Smith says to put down this book and listen further back into history. To Alexander the Great - or, at least, to Martin Luther King.

“I’m proud to be a part of this book. I’ve fielded unusual questions from the business and sports media. The oddest question ever posed to me was when Del Jones asked if I was spanked as a child.” (Joe Moglia, former CEO of TD Ameritrade, now head football coach at Coastal Carolina University)

©2018 Del Leonard Jones (P)2020 Del Leonard Jones
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