The Outsiders

.. .an important insider's perspective, an unapologetic glimpse into the hard-core investor view of what success looks like. -- Forbes.com Thorndike wants to give any manager or business owner the confidence to occasionally do things differently from your peers ... to make the most of the cards they're dealt and to delight their shareholders. -- Financial Times [Thorndike's] findings turn received wisdom about CEO success on its head. It's not revenue and profit growth, but the increase in a company's per share value that offers the ultimate barometer of a CEO's greatness... Thorndike may have discovered an alchemic formula for CEO success. But will existing CEOs listen? -- economia Thorndike has done extensive research on each of the people features, and their success story makes for an inspiring and most definitely, compelling read. -- The Hindu (India) An extremely instructive read...well worth the effort. -- Business Traveller magazine This is an eminently readable volume with plenty of lessons. -- The Irish Times ADVANCE PRAISE for The Outsiders Jim Collins, author, Good to Great ; coauthor, Built to Last and Great by Choice -- Will Thorndike dissects an eclectic and fascinating group of business leaders who created exceptional long-term value. He takes the unique angle of examining great CEOs as chief allocators of capital, so disciplined in their empirical rationality as to be nonconformists in the very best sense. Thorndike's take is fresh, smart, and provocative--and well worth learning. Michael J. Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist, Legg Mason Capital Management; author, The Success Equation -- Will Thorndike provides management principles that are as rock solid as they are rare and shares the engaging stories of eight CEOs who lived by them. The ideas in this book provide both executives and investors with the North Star of value. Follow it and prosper.