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Dealing with the Tough Stuff: Practical Wisdom for Running a Values-Driven Business
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Number Of Pages, Discs, Etc.
160
Date Published
November 01, 2009
ISBN-10
1576756653
ISBN-13
1576756652

This is what you won't read about in business school. Through decades of running businesses, Lisa, Margot and the case-study interviewees included here have learned about dealing with 'the tough-stuff'. The narrators and contributors provide guidance and counsel and relate true, sometimes shocking, stories about their companies that exemplify the hardships other entrepreneurs will encounter. Because the contributors are diverse leaders from various sectors and industries the book is useful to new, existing and shifting entrepreneurs. It follows the trajectories of successful business leaders throughout the nation who have faced a host of problems and survived. Here is a book that readers can look to for affirmation, hope and tools. The authors and case-study participants supply tried-and-true methods for addressing these struggles. "Dealing with the Tough Stuff" is honest help told through entrepreneurs' engaging stories of failure and triumph.

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Dealing with the Tough Stuff: Practical Wisdom for Running a Values-Driven Business 2010-03-13 23:34:18 Rich Brueckner
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Rich Brueckner Reviewed by Rich Brueckner    March 13, 2010
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Margot Fraser and Lisa Lorimer have written a fascinating insider's view of what it's like to run a growing, socially responsible company. As the title suggests, they focus on their trials, tribulations, and failures while in charge and what they learned from those experiences.

Reading this book, it is clear to me that running a company is a daunting task that takes it toll. The pressures of meeting payroll and managing cash flow result in lost sleep, broken marriages and trampled values. Fortunately for today's business leaders, the authors provide some very helpful tips to deal with such adversities.

In this challenged economy, Dealing with the Tough Stuff is a very timely book for entrepreneurs looking to create a values-driven business. We all want to feel good about the place we work, but given a chance to read about how these values can collide with the pressures of real-world capitalism may give us pause.

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