Confessions of an Accidental Businessman

It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom

AUTRY

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English

Berrett-Koehler
01 January 2018

Biography: business & industry; Management & management techniques

This business autobiography of a corporate executive relates the management and leadership lessons which Autry, a Fortune 500 executive, has learned on his way to the top. according to Autry, knowing what to do is only part of becoming a leader; the only part is knowing how to be

By: AUTRY
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 464g
ISBN: 9781576750032
ISBN 10: 1576750035
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

From government housing to executive suite; learning about management and leadership the hard way; bearing witness; how I learned the customers sometimes think they own your business; legends and heroes; the journey into real management; learning to be a real man in business; in which it becomes clear that business ethics often has strange definitions; death among us; the first taste of ""intrapreneuring""; are we having fun yet?; being in charge of the company's top brand; perks and privileges; experiments in management; mistakes and blunders; the rocky road of president in a golden age; gifts and offerings; rules to live (and manage) by.

James A. Autry is an author, poet and consultant. Before taking early retirement in 1991 to pursue his present career, Autry was president of Meredith Corporation's Magazine Group, a 500 million dollar operation with more than 900 employees.

Reviews for Confessions of an Accidental Businessman: It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom

There will be readers who will want to give Another Day at the Front to all their friends; there may be an equal number who will throw the book across the room. No reader will be bored.