Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
By Paul G. Stoltz & David Pulatie

Synopsis

Praise for Adversity Quotient:

“With AQ, Paul Stoltz has done something remarkable: He synthesizes some of the most important information on how we influence our own future and then offers a profound set of observations which teaches us how to thrive in a fast-changing world!”-Joel Barker, President, Infinity, LTD, author of Paradigm Shift. Read more →

“No one of us is as smart as all of us” or The Wisdom of Crowds.

A LEVERAGEDWISDOM Member recently summed up his meeting day experience by declaring, that it seemed “No one of us is as smart as all of us.” He had presented to the assembled CEOs a troubling issue about a long time key employee. He had come to believe his CFO’s level of competency no longer matched the demands of the organization. Read more →

The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market
By Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema

Synopsis

The authors’ thesis is deceptively simple: that successful organizations—the market leaders—excel at delivering one type of value to their chosen customers. The key is focus. Market leaders choose a single “value discipline”—best total cost, best product, or best total solution—and then build their organization around it. They sustain their leadership position not by resting on their laurels, but by offering better value year after year. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean abandoning the other two, only that a company must stake its reputation—and focus its energy and assets—on a single one to achieve success over the long term. No company can reliably succeed today by trying to be all things to all customers. Read more →