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The Breakthrough Company
- How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers
- Narrated by: Keith R. McFarland
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-15-08
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House Audio
Regular price: $26.60
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Publisher's Summary
In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate, from small startup to industry leader.
Encouraged by experts such as business legend Peter Drucker and Good to Great author Jim Collins that identify the drivers that enable a company to push past the entrepreneurial phase, McFarland spent five years building and analyzing the world's largest growth-company performance database and interviewing more than 1,500 growth-company executives on four continents. His goal was simple: to identify the secrets of breakthrough.
The Breakthrough Company is the result. Winnowing a study pool of more than 7,000 companies down to nine that have made the transition to major-player status, McFarland highlights real-world tools and myth-busting insights that can be used by anyone wanting his or her business to join this exclusive circle.
Critic Reviews
"McFarland successfully tackles the ever-present question for ambitious entrepreneurs: just how do you go from small to big and prosper? This book has the makings of a classic." (Steve Forbes, President and CEO, Editor-in-Chief, Forbes)
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- Arnie
- United States
- 05-23-10
A "must listen" if you are an SMB
Awesome book, great author. If you have a small business this is the book to listen to. I liked it so much we hired Keith McFarland to speak at our company event.
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- Linda
- Duluth, MN, United States
- 06-16-11
Highly recommended
This is a great book - gave me a lot of insights and take aways for my own organization. Highly recommended for any business owner, manager or professional.
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- Norman
- 01-27-17
good read for owners that want to take to next lv
good read for business owners that want to take ir to the next level