Synopses & Reviews
Review
“This book should be read by anyone who wants to make things happen vs. let things happen.”
--Jim Pawlak, syndicated business book reviewer
Review
“Six powerful tales of workers meeting deadlines that may ignite even the most sluggish employees to kick their deadline-meeting skills up a notch… adventure/business hybrid…an unusually readable business book.”
--Publishers Weekly
Review
“Dan Carrison’s Deadline! How Premier Organizations Win the Race Against Time (Amacom) is fascinating stuff, full of practical yet visionary information on how to meet time commitments and still maintain your sanity. This isn’t just fluffy garbage like ‘develop good time management skills.’ Carrison offers very specific advice, all drawn from case studies that he has intricately researched.”
---New Architect
Review
“While recounting each tense, thrilling story, Carrison… draws practical business lessons for executives and managers and all others determined to overcome a time-crunch… This is the kind of book that can be both instructional and inspiring.”
--MWorld
Review
"Preface [vii]
Introduction: Making the Impossible Happen [ix]
Chapter One: Turner Construction Company Makes the Rocky Mountains Thunder
Delayed, stymied, frustrated at every turn, Turner Construction Company delivers the new Broncos football stadium ahead of time and under budget.
Chapter Two: Airborne Express Accepts the Technicolor Challenge
Airborne Express enters a venture so fraught with deadlines that UPS and FedEx had backed away.
Chapter Three: Mission to Mars: The 2001 Odyssey Orbiter
Successful deadline management doesn’t have to be rocket science.
Chapter Four: The Ultimate Deadline: How the FBI Manages a Kidnapping
Agents rush to meet a literal ""drop-dead"" deadline.
Chapter Five: Boeing’s Race to Deliver the 777 Wide Body
A plane and a management philosophy for the twenty-first century.
Chapter Six: Conoco’s Weekend of Caring
Volunteerism as the ultimate business deadline management tool.
Conclusion: Recurring Themes of Deadline Management"
“Six powerful tales of workers meeting deadlines that may ignite even the most sluggish employees to kick their deadline-meeting skills up a notch… adventure/business hybrid…an unusually readable business book.”
--Publishers Weekly
“Despite the book’s 2003 copyright, it’s clear the author made his manuscript deadlines well in advance… a must-check-out if your job entails being suddenly saddled with time-consuming challenges without sufficient time to rise to them… extremely visual writer who can show everything he talks about to the satisfaction of even a sophisticated reader’s eye ”
--Journal of Business Strategy
“Dan Carrison’s Deadline! How Premier Organizations Win the Race Against Time (Amacom) is fascinating stuff, full of practical yet visionary information on how to meet time commitments and still maintain your sanity. This isn’t just fluffy garbage like ‘develop good time management skills.’ Carrison offers very specific advice, all drawn from case studies that he has intricately researched.”
---New Architect
“This book should be read by anyone who wants to make things happen vs. let things happen.”
--Jim Pawlak, syndicated business book reviewer
“While recounting each tense, thrilling story, Carrison… draws practical business lessons for executives and managers and all others determined to overcome a time-crunch… This is the kind of book that can be both instructional and inspiring.”
--MWorld
Review
"Financial Executive: ""Deadline! is a highly compelling read that delivers a set of very practical lessons for corporate managers laboring to deliver more with fewer resources.""
Publishers Weekly: Carrison has gathered six powerful tales of workers meeting deadlines that may ignite even the most sluggish employees to kick their deadline-meeting skills up a notch. In a sort of adventure/business hybrid, Carrison offers stories ranging from Turner Construction’s ahead-of-schedule delivery of Denver’s Broncos Stadium to Boeing’s incredibly quick development of the world’s most technically advanced airlines, making this an unusually readable business book.""
Financial Executive: ""Deadline! is a highly compelling read that delivers a set of very practical lessons for corporate managers laboring to deliver more with fewer resources."""
Review
“Despite the book’s 2003 copyright, it’s clear the author made his manuscript deadlines well in advance… a must-check-out if your job entails being suddenly saddled with time-consuming challenges without sufficient time to rise to them… extremely visual writer who can show everything he talks about to the satisfaction of even a sophisticated reader’s eye ”
--Journal of Business Strategy
Synopsis
"In the world of business, every second counts...and some seconds count more than others. Executives never know when a critical time challenge is going to rear its ugly head, and knowing exactly how to handle it is the only thing that stands between success and failure. Here, based on the author’s personal on-site interviews and observations, are the stories of prestigious organizations in a wide variety of industries successfully facing seemingly impossible deadlines.
* Broncos Stadium looked like a time management nightmare...until Turner Construction brought it in below budget and ahead of schedule
* Every shipping company turned down a unique challenge from Technicolor except for Airborne Express...which now ""owns"" the film distribution market
* Tropical storm Allison devastated the area around Conoco’s Houston headquarters, overwhelming the local authorities...but not Conoco employees
* Boeing’s 777, an FBI kidnapping case, the 2001 Odyssey Orbiter on a mission to Mars -- how their teams made the impossible happen
Revealing (and quantifying) indispensable lessons in managing projects, the book shows how readers can overcome their own extraordinary challenges to beat the clock and achieve exhilarating success."
About the Author
Dan Carrison (Los Angeles, CA) is coauthor of the bestselling Semper Fi: Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way(0-8144-0413-8). He is a former columnist with the New York Times syndicate and is a frequent speaker for business audiences.
Table of Contents
"Preface [vii]
Introduction: Making the Impossible Happen [ix]
Chapter One: Turner Construction Company Makes the Rocky Mountains Thunder
Delayed, stymied, frustrated at every turn, Turner Construction Company delivers the new Broncos football stadium ahead of time and under budget.
Chapter Two: Airborne Express Accepts the Technicolor Challenge
Airborne Express enters a venture so fraught with deadlines that UPS and FedEx had backed away.
Chapter Three: Mission to Mars: The 2001 Odyssey Orbiter
Successful deadline management doesn’t have to be rocket science.
Chapter Four: The Ultimate Deadline: How the FBI Manages a Kidnapping
Agents rush to meet a literal ""drop-dead"" deadline.
Chapter Five: Boeing’s Race to Deliver the 777 Wide Body
A plane and a management philosophy for the twenty-first century.
Chapter Six: Conoco’s Weekend of Caring
Volunteerism as the ultimate business deadline management tool.
Conclusion: Recurring Themes of Deadline Management"