Description
When John Imlay took command of Management Science America, an Atlanta-based company, it was on the brink of bankruptcy. Ten years later it was the largest independent software company in the world. By the time it was sold to Dun & Bradstreet for $333 million, it had employed more than 16,000 people, generated 38 spin- off companies, and produced 20 millionaires.
Jungle Rules tells the inspiring story of John Imlay's business "miracle." People are the key to his visionary blueprint for corporate management, which sets forth the vital lessons that must be learned to stay in business and come out on top in the struggle for survival and supremacy in the competitive jungle. This compelling guide is not only about how to be a great manager your- self but how to build a great management team-picking the brightest and best and empowering them to conquer new territories on their own. All of John Imlay's techniques are designed to enable people to be movers and shakers and not tie them to the status quo. This revolutionary work clearly spells out, with entertaining anecdotes, the jungle rules that worked so well for him and Management Science America:
โข Believe in fate, but stalk your goal.
Set your goal, then pursue it every day.
โข Don't be afraid of "whatever it takes."
No limits on creativity or commitment, as long as it's legal, ethical, and moral.
โข Don't hunt for tigers just to put them on a leash.
Forget the conventional criteria. Look for tenacity, energy, competitiveness, imagination, durability, courage, versatility and more energy
ISBN:9780525937890
