Synopses & Reviews
Leaders are either made or broken in defining moments in history. In today's defining moment, the New Economy, there are captains of various industries who are leading their companies through these unprecedented times. In Thriving in the New Economy, some of the biggest names in business share their inspirational personal stories and offer advice and actionable strategies readers can follow in order to avoid financial disaster, recognize opportunities, and thrive in the New Economy.
The book first brings readers into the offices of some of the best economic business minds the day the markets melted down and explains what they have done to avoid falling victim to the unraveling economy. Other chapters focus on the real estate, automobile, and retail titans who are growing and evolving their businesses in this challenging environment.
Top economic and business minds profiled in the book include:
Wall Street Legends: Steve Forbes Peter Cohen Wilbur Ross Ken Langone, Home Depot Founder and Invemed Associates Chairman & President Ron Baron, The Baron Funds Jack Bogle, The Vanguard Group Founder and Former CEO Paul McCulley, Pimco Managing Director Bob Doll, BlackRock Abby Joseph Cohen, Goldman Sachs
Economists: Larry Lindsey, The Lindsey Group CEO and the Assistant to the President on economic policy David Malpass, Encima Global
From the banking industry: Donald Powell, Former FDIC Chair Don Marron, Former UBS CEO and Chairman and CEO of Lightyear Capital Peter Cohen, Former Sherston Lehman CEO and CEO of Ramius Kelly King, BB&T CEO
From the real estate industry: Don Peebles, The Peebles Corporation Richard LeFrak, President of The LeFrak Organization Ron Peltier, HomeServices of America CEO
From the retail industry: Steve Sadove, Saks CEO
Synopsis
Survive and thrive in today's economy
These are make-or-break times for business leaders. In today's defining moment, the "New Economy," CEOs and other leaders in a wide variety of industries must face unprecedented conditions.
Thriving in the New Economy gives you a unique look into some of today's best economic and business minds. A series of close profiles, the book offers inspirational personal stories, useful advice, and actionable strategies you can use immediately to skirt financial peril, seize opportunities, and flourish in the New Economy.
• Profiles include financial publisher Steve Forbes, The Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle, Former National Economic Council Director and Former Special Assistant to the President on Economic Policy Lawrence Lindsey, former FDIC chair Donald Powell, Saks CEO Steve Sadove, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President Jim Lentz, legendary vulture investor Wilbur Ross and more
• Looks at how leaders in economics, banking, automobiles, real estate, and retail are not just avoiding the unraveling economy, but actively evolving and growing their businesses
• Foreword by H. Wayne Huizenga; Afterword by Rudy Giuliani
If you're looking for the way forward through today's business wilderness, Thriving in the New Economy lets you in on how some leaders use challenges not just to survive but thrive.
Synopsis
Readers looking for the way forward through today's business wilderness can find guidance in this critical work. Larocco lets readers in on how some leaders use challenges not just to survive but thrive.
Synopsis
The world's top business leaders help you survive and thrive in today's economy
These are make-or-break times for business leaders and their organizations. Economic contraction and plummeting consumer confidence have made this a defining moment in the new economy. Whether you're a business owner, a manager, or a team leader—in any industry—you face unprecedented conditions and tough challenges daily.
Thriving in the New Economy gives you a unique look at what some of today's best economic and business minds are doing to stay ahead of the pack. Filled with profiles of top industry leaders, the book offers inspirational personal stories, useful advice, and actionable strategies you can use immediately to skirt financial peril, seize opportunities, and flourish in today's economy.
Take a tour inside the heads of some of the biggest names in business, including:
Financial publisher Steve Forbes
Vanguard Group founder Jack Bogle
Former director of the National Economic Council Larry Lindsey
Saks CEO Steve Sadove
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President Jim Lentz
Renowned economist David Malpass
Real estate industry leaders Don Peebles, Richard LeFrak, and Ron Peltier
And many more!
With a Foreword by H. Wayne Huizenga, founder of Waste Management, Inc., Blockbuster Video, and AutoNation and owner of the Miami Dolphins and with an Afterword by former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Thriving in the New Economy offers the kind of business and leadership wisdom you'll find nowhere else. If you're struggling to stay afloat in these rough economic waters, this book offers safe passage—and a competitive advantage.
Synopsis
"Thriving in the New Economy is a must-read for anyone who wants to think big. Leaders are people who can look at a crisis and act accordingly. This book has strategies from business leaders who do just that. Lori Ann LaRocco sits down with some of the biggest and brightest minds on Wall Street and has them open up and tell their stories in a compelling, page-turning book."
—DONALD TRUMP, Chairman and President, The Trump Organization
"Lori Ann's book is a fast read and gives some interesting perspectives on the disaster that we're currently coming out of and some predictions for the calamity that we are now facing."
—BERNIE MARCUS, cofounder of Home Depot and Chairman, Marcus Foundation
"A fascinating analysis of the recent American financial markets directly from the mouths of major participants, all of whom are unusually articulate and able to convert complex issues into easily understood concepts. A must-read for both the novice and the professional, yet in a style that makes for easy and enjoyable reading."
—LEONARD STERN, Chairman and CEO, Hartz Group
"Lori Ann LaRocco has edited and written a compendium from a group of successful innovators and investors . . . it is a very worthwhile read. Our thanks to her for doing this."
—John Gutfreund, former CEO, Salomon Brothers and President, Gutfreund & Company
About the Author
Lori Ann LaRocco is Senior Talent Producer at CNBC and one of the producers of the CNBC show Squawk Box.
Table of Contents
Foreword (
H. Wayne Huizenga).
Preface.
Part One: The Economy.
Chapter 1 Larry Lindsey.
Chapter 2 Steve Forbes.
Chapter 3 David Malpass.
Chapter 4 Jack Bogle.
Chapter 5 Bob Doll.
Chapter 6 Abby Joseph Cohen.
Chapter 7 Paul McCulley.
Chapter 8 Ron Baron.
Chapter 9 Ken Langone.
Chapter 10 Peter Cohen.
Chapter11.
Chapter 12 Jerry York.
Part Two: Banking.
Chapter 13 Kelly King.
Chapter 14 Donald Powell.
Chapter 15 Cam Fine.
Chapter 16 Donald Marron.
Part Three: Real Estate.
Chapter 17 Richard Lefrak.
Chapter18 Don Peebles.
Chapter 19 Ron Peltier.
Part Four: Autos.
Chapter 20 Mike Jackson.
Chapter 21 Jim Lentz.
Chapter 22 Gerald Greenwald.
Part Five: Retail.
Chapter 23 Steve Sadove.
Part Six: Opportunities.
Chapter 24 Wilbur Ross.
Epilogue.
Afterword Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Acknowledgments.
About The Author.
Index.