Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385483821 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Insights from One of the World's Best Managers - The more successful you are, the more people want a chunk of your business, then another, etc., until there is nothing left. Grove believes that the prime responsibility of a manager is to guard constantly against other people's attacks and massage change - situations Grove calls 'Strategic Inflection Points' (SIPs). SIPs can be . A. T. Yoshida said Still Relevant. At first I was slightly disappointed by this book. I bought it without reading the description and was expecting more of a general history of Intel. But then I kept reading. Instead of the history that I was seeking I found a worthwhile book on strategic leadership.The principles that Groves propounds here remain relevant and sou. If You Are Fired Tomorrow . What Will Your Successor Do Differently ? Joseph M Pimbley In the mid-1980's Andy Grove was President of Intel and Gordon Moore was the CEO. Intel had been losing money and market share for years in their core business of semiconductor memories. The competition was winning. Grove and Moore knew they could not turn it around but were afraid to admit it. At the time, Intel was memories. Th
Under Andy Grove's leadership, Intel has become the world's largest chip maker and one of the most admired companies in the world. When a Strategic Inflection Point hits, the ordinary rules of business go out the window. Yet, managed right, a Strategic Inflection Point can be an opportunity to win in the marketplace and emerge stronger than ever.Grove underscores his message by examining his own record of success and failure, including how he navigated the events of the Pentium flaw, which threatened Intel's reputation in 1994, and how he has dealt with the explosions in growth of the Internet. In Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove reveals his strategy of focusing on a new way of measuring the nightmare moment every leader dreads--when massive change occurs and a company must, virtually overnight, adapt or fall by the wayside.Grove calls such a moment a Strategic Inflection Point, which can be set off by almost anything: mega-competition, a change in regulations, or a seemingly modest change in technology. The work of a lifetime, Only the Paranoid Survive is a classic of managerial and leadership skills. The Currency Paperback edition of Only the Paranoid Survive incl
As chief executive of Intel, he wrestled with one of the business world's great challenges in 1994 when a flaw in his company's new cornerstone product -- the Pentium processor -- grew into a front-page controversy that seriously threatened its future. Massive change is hitting corporate America at a furious and escalating pace, writes Andrew Grove in Only the Paranoid Survive, and businesses that strive hard to keep abreast of the transition will be the only ones that prevail. . And Grove should know