Tough Calls

Making the right decisions in challenging times

Allan Leighton

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English

Random House Business Books
01 May 2012

Business & management; Business strategy; Management decision making

Allan Leighton speaks to top business leaders to show you how to make the right decision every time.

We all make decisions every day. Most of them are pretty straightforward, but every so often there are some really tough calls. In business the choices that executives are sometimes faced with can make the difference between acclaimed success and ongoing prosperity, and failure and financial disaster.

In Tough Calls, leading businessman Allan Leighton focuses on specific decisions he has made in the course of his career - at ASDA, Royal Mail and elsewhere -

and describes the thought processes behind them. He also talks to many others in the know, from Sir Stuart Rose and Sir Terry Leahy to Adam Crozier at ITV and Stephen Hester at RBS.

Taking into account facts that were known to them at the time, as well as other interrelated factors and potentially high-risk consequences, this line-up of top executives outline their approaches to breaking down often highly complex problems into achievable solutions.

All Allan Leighton's royalties from this book will be donated to Breast Cancer Care (Registered charity- England and Wales 1017658, Scotland SC038104)

By: Allan Leighton
Imprint: Random House Business Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 203g
ISBN: 9781847940544
ISBN 10: 1847940544
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Allan Leighton began his career at Mars confectionery, where he rose to become Group Marketing Director before leaving to join the loss-making ASDA supermarket chain. There he was credited with turning what he once described as a 'basket case' into a highly successful company that was sold to US retail giant Wal-Mart for e6.7 billion in 1999. When he left his position as President and Chief Executive of Wal-Mart Europe he famously coined the phrase 'going plural' as he took on non-executive positions at a string of companies, including lastminute.com, BHS, BSkyB and Selfridges. He was the longest serving chairman of Royal Mail Group until 2009, and is currently non-executive director of a number of companies. His first book, On Leadership, was a bestseller when it appeared in 2007.

Reviews for Tough Calls: Making the right decisions in challenging times

Admirable stuff… I have no doubt Tough Calls will follow Leighton's On Leadership onto the bestseller charts. It deserves to … We need leaders of Leighton's simple, direct, analytical and visionary stamp to see our great corporations through. Tough Calls is a topical read indeed -- Tim Waterstone * Management Today * Tough Calls should be compulsory reading for anyone aspiring to the boardroom. But, equally, it is a useful guide for leaders and decision-makers in many walks of life, from voluntary organizations to community councils * The Herald * There are many enjoyable moments in Allan Leighton’s latest book, Tough Calls * Independent * An engaging, very readable collection of business anecdotes from such luminaries as Sir Terry Leahy and Archie Norman * Business XL * Unlike many other authors in this field, [Allan Leighton] doesn’t try to bamboozle you with jargon or fancy theories; he tells it like it is * Asian Trader * Easy to read and very useful … Leighton’s literary walkabout generates excellent views, hypotheses and anecdotes, followed by sound conclusions * Cambridge Business *