Synopses & Reviews
The host of the hit reality show The Apprentice presents an invaluable collection of grounded, hard-hitting advice on business success, from people who have made it to the boss’s chair at some of America’s most thriving companies.
How can you find the way to the top?
Ask people who are already there.
Because you can’t know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education, no matter how wide-ranging your business experience, there’s simply no way to acquire all the wisdom you need to make your business flourish. You need to learn from those who have blazed a trail before you.
Donald Trump has asked many of the brightest, most successful businesspeople he knows—and some he doesn't know—to answer this question: What's the best business advice you ever received? The result is a compelling resource of wisdom and wit that reveals how some of the most accomplished people conduct their personal and business affairs, giving an inside look into the secrets of corporate success. But the advice doesn’t only come from the upper echelons of the Fortune 500. Thoughts poured in from executives at thriving companies large and small, ranging from well-known icons such as Staples, American Airlines, Lillian Vernon, and Boeing to family-run operations like Orleans Homebuilders and Carlson Companies.
The Way to the Top brings together the core ideas that have guided more than 150 of today’s top businesspeople, offering a range of inspiring and practical advice on making good decisions, conducting yourself appropriately, developing your career, communicating with others, leading a team effectively, and much more. Some of the entries are simple entreaties, some portray intriguing vignettes, and others outline lists of guiding principles; all are illuminating, instructive, and insightful.
A telling to-do list for the aspiring professional, The Way to the Top belongs on every business bookshelf.
Synopsis
From the most visible and self-confident person in business comes invaluable, hard-hitting advice he elicited from people who have succeeded in everything from Fortune 500 companies to family-owned businesses.
Donald Trump is the boss, at least on NBC's The Apprentice, and if you dont want to hear the boss say, "you're fired!," you need to know how to succeed. And who better to tell you than those who have done it themselves?
Trump asked many of the brightest, most successful businesspeople he knows and some he doesn't know to answer this question: What's the best business advice you've ever received? The resulting answers comprise a body of wisdom and wit that cuts to the core secrets of business success. Trump solicited guidance from executives at companies large and small, from well-known icons such as Staples, American Airlines, Verizon, and Lillian Vernon to family-run operations like Orleans Homebuilders.
The entries range from entreaties expressed in a few words to intriguing vignettes or lists of guiding principles. All are illuminating, instructive, and insightful, often discussing tenets and values that too frequently are forgotten amid the everyday details and demands of running any business.
Synopsis
The host of the hit reality show The Apprentice presents an invaluable collection of grounded, hard-hitting advice on business success, from people who have made it to the bosss chair at some of Americas most thriving companies. How can you find the way to the top? Ask people who are already there. Because you cant know it all. No matter how smart you are, no matter how comprehensive your education, no matter how wide-ranging your business experience, theres simply no way to acquire all the wisdom you need to make your business flourish. You need to learn from those who have blazed a trail before you. Donald Trump has asked many of the brightest, most successful businesspeople he knowsand some he doesn't knowto answer this question: What's the best business advice you ever received? The result is a compelling resource of wisdom and wit that reveals how some of the most accomplished people conduct their personal and business affairs, giving an inside look into the secrets of corporate success. But the advice doesnt only come from the upper echelons of the Fortune 500. Thoughts poured in from executives at thriving companies large and small, ranging from well-known icons such as Staples, American Airlines, Lillian Vernon, and Boeing to family-run operations like Orleans Homebuilders and Carlson Companies.
About the Author
Donald J. Trump, the star of the hit NBC reality show The Apprentice, is the founder and head of The Trump Organization. He is a life-long New Yorker.
Table of Contents
George Abercrombie -- Adam M. Aron -- Gerard J. Arpey -- Diane N. Bark -- Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. -- Napoleon Barragan -- Anne Beiler -- Marc Benioff -- Barbara G. Berger -- Simon Bergson -- Angelica Berrie -- Garry Betty -- Robert J. Birnbach -- Cathie Black -- Robert Bohannon -- Malcolm A Borg -- Robert C. Bowen -- Mark A. Brown -- William C. Byham -- Gregory B. Calhoun -- Jim Cantalupo -- Gregory D. Cash -- Robert B. Catell -- Bob Chapek -- Joseph T. Charles -- Abe Chehebar -- Thomas Chen -- Steve Cody -- Barbara Corcoran -- Jerry Couvaras -- Michael J. Critelli -- Michael Dan -- Karen N. Danziger -- Thomas F. Darden -- John Dasburg -- Richard E. Dauch -- Harris E. DeLoach, Jr. -- John M. Derrick, Jr. -- Richard "Bo" Dietl -- David Dombrowski -- Donald L. Drakeman -- Ron Drapeau -- Leon Dreimann -- Archie W. Dunham -- Gerald D. Edwards -- James P. Evans -- Steven T. Florio -- J. Roger Friedman -- George G. Gellert -- Frances Gershon -- Kristina Gobble -- Rick Goings -- Fatima Goldman -- B. Thomas Golisano -- Jim Goodnight -- M.J. Gordon -- Mark Granata, Jr. -- Earl G. Graves, Sr. -- Alan C. Greenberg -- Paul R. Gudonis -- Christie Hefner -- Mark Hellerstein -- Lloyd L. Hill -- Henry R. Hillenmeyer -- Gary Hirshberg -- Stanley S. Hubbard -- Dawn Hudson -- Susan M. Ivey -- Bradley S. Jacobs -- Thomas S. Johnson -- Curt Jones -- Jerry Jones -- Thomas M. Joyce -- Parker S. Kennedy -- Richard L. Kinzel -- Michael B. Kitchen -- Michele Kleier -- Robert B. Knutson -- Robert J. Laikin -- Daniel P. Landguth -- Karen Gilles Larson -- Jean G. Leon -- Timothy H. Ling -- William H. Longfield -- Terry J. Lundgren -- John J. Mack -- Brad Martin -- Jim McCann -- Scott McWhinnie -- Alfred T. Mockett -- Mitchell B. Modell -- William T. Monahan -- Alan Mulally -- Dennis M. Mullen -- John H. Myers -- Josie Natori -- Marilyn Carlson Nelson -- Don Nigbor -- Jim O'Connor -- Gene O'Donovan -- Nancy Olasky -- Jeffrey P. Orleans -- Vincent F. Orza, Jr. -- Guy Oseary -- Charlotte VM Ottley -- Herbert Pardes -- Richard D. Parsons -- Jerry Perenchio -- Peter J. Pestillo -- Frederick Warburg Peters -- James Pignatelli -- Charles P. Pizzi -- Steven Plochocki -- Ernesta G. Procope -- Roxanne Quimby -- Rich Reese -- Jerry M. Reinsdorf -- Peter G. Riguardi -- Richard Romanoff -- Peter J. Rose -- Laurie Scala -- Joel A. Schwartz -- Tim Sear -- Ivan Seidenberg -- R. Scot Sellers -- Robert E. Selsam -- Mayo A. Shattuck III -- Stephen B. Siegel -- Henry R. Silverman -- Larry A. Silverstein -- Irina Simmons -- Del Smith -- Frederick W. Smith -- Robin B. Smith -- Carmine N. Stella -- Thomas G. Stemberg -- John J. Stollenwerk -- Thomas C. Sullivan -- William H. Swanson -- Patrice Tanaka -- W.R. Timken, Jr. -- James S. Tisch -- Preston Robert Tisch -- Robert I. Toll -- John M. Trani -- William F. Tyree -- Charles J. Urstadt -- Jack Valenti -- Lillian Vernon -- Alberto Vilar -- Seth Waugh -- John H. Williams, Jr. -- Dale Winston -- George Zimmer