Celebrate Your Mistakes: And 77 Other Risk-taking, Out-of-the-Box Ideas from Our Best Companies Book

Celebrate Your Mistakes is a "real world" management handbook that gives readers a fresh and inspiring perspective on their business, emplyees, the marketplace, the competition and the world in general. Dedicated to encouraging an "out-of-the-box" mentality, this information-packed book explains why it is important to look closely at failures and-most important-describes what can be learned from them. A collection of thoughts, observations and personal experiences, celebrate Your Mistakes also focuses on the "Pollyanna syndrome," a growing phenomenon in which large companies-blinded by years of success and the harsh realities of an evolving marketplace-feel invincible and refuse to change. Clearly written and insightful, the text explains the value of risk-taking, showing companies how not to be impaired by their own successes and recommending straightforward "how to" strategies for careful self-examination and evaluation. Celebrate Your Mistakes is packed with anecdotes, exercises, practical tips and exmaples-including how to choose a board of directors, case studies of failures, and a simple test to determine if you are indeed a "Pollyanna." Eight easy-to-read chapters are designed to stimulate readers into action and include: Lulled to Sleep by success? Wake Up!; Defy the Corporate Culture; Compete Against Yourself; Keep Your Business on the Cutting Edge; Give Power to your People.Read More