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Title: Iacocca : An Autobiography by William Novak, Lee Iacocca ISBN: 0-553-25147-3 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good book about the personality behind the company
Comment: The book traces his downfall at Ford to his rise at Chrysler. The other reviewer was right, this isn't so much a book about being a CEO as it is about a person struggling through a very difficult time in their life.
I personally found the book to be fascinating (I'm a car nut) and inspirational because of his ability to triumph in the end.
A good read!
Rating: 3
Summary: A Masterpiece of Spin
Comment: Those who think that Bill Clinton invented and/or perfected the art of spin control should read this, to see spin done by the master. Compared to this guy, Bill is a shyster, a rank amateur. The dissembling gets most obnoxious here when Iaccocca covers the Ford years, as he settles old scores and, incredibly, claims that he was "father of the Mustang" but had nothing to do with the Pinto. The part of the book covering Chrysler is better--here he appears to not be mangling the truth as much, and even if he is this is still the undeniable high point of his career, a truly amazing comeback story.
But even at his most odious, you can't deny that Iaccocca is a born leader, and the book is always fun to read (it helps that it was co-written by William Novak, perhaps the best ghostwriter ever). In the end, this probably does present an (unintentionally) accurate picture of the author--a shameless liar and a very arrogant man, but nonetheless a charismatic and dynamic leader who rose to the occasion when facing a crisis. Gee, I wonder who that reminds me of....
Rating: 5
Summary: A Story of Larger Then Life Success, Failure, and Success
Comment: If Business Executives had a Hall of Fame, Iacocca would probably have a floor dedicated to him.
Iacocca life was a wilder then a roller coast, his failures made headlines across the nation and his successes were larger then life. He spent eight years as the running Ford only to fired in his prime, only to enjoy revenge in an almost truly capitalistic way by taking an another company out of bankruptcy and making it succeed again.
It's the story of an ordinary guy who wanted to design cars and instead decided to sell them. Along the way he ended up as President of one company and Chief Executive at another one and became a household name all the while.
Iacocca is interesting and inspiring, a great book for Business men and women and even better book for ordinary folk just like he was.
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Title: Sam Walton : Made In America by John Huey, Sam Walton ISBN: 0553562835 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Forbes® Greatest Business Stories of All Time by Forbes Magazine Staff, Daniel Gross ISBN: 0471196533 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 07 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: TALKING STRAIGHT by Lee Iacocca ISBN: 0553278053 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry by Michael Dell, Catherine Fredman ISBN: 0887309151 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch, John A. Byrne ISBN: 0446528382 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 11 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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