Guts: 8 Laws of Business from One of the Most Innovative Business Leaders of Our Time

ISBN-13: 9780471463221 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 234 str.

Robert A. Lutz

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"Read it for no other reason than to learn Bob's Seven Immutable Laws of Business. . . . This is vintage Bob-contrarian, thoughtful, and he's really fun to read."
--Forbes In this edition of Bob Lutz's bestselling account of the business philosophy with which he revolutionized Chrysler and much of the automotive industry, Lutz reveals his unique brand of creative management. Readers will learn many lessons herein, including why the key to success in any business is maintaining a positive tension between the creative minds and the buttoned-up financial minds, and how to attract, motivate, and strategically deploy each type throughout an organization. This book features a new introduction and an epilogue in which Lutz introduces an eighth law that helps today's business leaders put his famed Seven Immutable Laws of Business into sharper perspective. Robert A. Lutz (Scarsdale, NY) is General Motor's Vice Chairman of Product Development and Chairman of GM North America.

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Introduction.

Foreword by Bob Eaton.

Acknowledgments.

Prologue.

PART I: THE STORY OF CHRYSLER S SECOND TURNAROUND.

Déjà Vu All Over Again.

The Patient Heals Himself: Bringing Platform Teams to Chrysler.

We Just Did It : The Story of the Viper.

PART II: LUTZ S IMMUTABLE LAWS OF BUSINESS.

LAW 1 The Customer Isn t Always Right.

LAW 2 The Primary Purpose of Business Is Not to Make Money.

LAW 3 When Everybody Else Is Doing It, Don t!

LAW 4 Too Much Quality Can Ruin You.

LAW 5 Financial Controls Are Bad!

LAW 6 Disruptive People Are an Asset.

LAW 7 Teamwork Isn t Always Good.

PART III: LUTZ S COROLLARIES, OR THE REST OF THE STORY! .

It s Okay to Be Anal Sometimes.

A Little Fear, in Reality, Ain t All That Bad.

Leadership Is All about Common Sense, Which, Unfortunately, Is Not All That Common.

Some Squeaky Wheels Don t Get the Grease, or Pros and Cons of Being a Change Agent.

Epilogue.

Index.

O autorze

ROBERT A. LUTZ is General Motors’s Vice Chairman of Product Development and Chairman of GM North America. He is highly regarded for his genius in product development, most notably for his 1989 concept car, the Viper, and he is renowned for leading Chrysler to its second renaissance in the 1990s. Automotive News called Lutz "the towering figure in the American automotive industry in the last three decades in this century."

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Praise for GUTS, Revised and Updated

"Bob Lutz is the only man in history to rise to the top at all three Detroit automakers Ford, GM, and Chrysler and Guts reveals the kind of thinking that got him there. From a guy who didn’t graduate from high school until he was twenty–two comes as good a business book as you will ever find, and one that applies in any industry. Go Bob, go."
Jerry Flint, Forbes columnist, and 2003 winner of a Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism

"Bob has always been a charismatic leader, but he became a true businessman when he joined Chrysler. Guts is typical Lutz it’s controversial, thought–provoking and, in the final analysis, it makes good business sense."
Harold "Red" Poling, retired CEO, Ford Motor Company

"Bob has the rare ability to communicate with everyone on the automotive ladder from the engineer to the guy on the assembly line to the designer . . . even the idiotic Hollywood celebrity who just likes to go fast! And whether you’re in the business of building washing machines or just writing jokes, Lutz’s laws work."
Jay Leno, Hollywood celebrity and host of The Tonight Show

"In a world in which managerial creativity and discipline have become polar opposites, Guts presents a dynamic synthesis of both forces that will enable readers to challenge the status quo and make their organizations far more competitive."
Stephen Girsky, Managing Director/Senior Global Automotive Analyst, MorganStanley

"Guts is about business, leadership, and life, and reaches well beyond the boundaries of the auto industry. Lutz’s laws of business, updated for today’s leaders, are key ingredients to a twenty–first–century road map for success. And it’s also a great read, delivered with the passion, integrity, and strength of character so important to making good things happen in a turbulent world."
David Cole, Chairman, Center for Automotive Research

"I’ve known Bob Lutz for over thirty–five years, and Guts reflects all the qualities that have made him one of the great car guys of our generation. As always, he tells it like it is, and that’s what makes his book such a compelling read."
Lee Iacocca, Lee Iacocca & Associates