Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders Audiobook, by Jason Jennings Play Audiobook Sample

Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders Audiobook

Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders Audiobook, by Jason Jennings Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Jason Jennings Publisher: Ascent Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781596593756

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

43:19 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

03:58 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

32:52 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

Want to compete with the best of the best? Then hit the ground running. Here’s how. The toughest job in business is taking over as a new leader. You have to quickly assess the situation, pull together a strong team, decide on a strategy, and inspire everyone to execute it. The stakes for new leaders are even higher. Whether you’ve been brought on to fix something that’s broken, launch a product, move the company in a new direction, or head up a division, every new leader is under the gun to get up to speed and begin producing strong numbers— ASAP. In Hit the Ground Running, Jason Jennings introduces us to America’s best performing new CEOs who pulled off the most impressive transformations of the decade. They doubled revenues, more than tripled earnings per share, and doubled their company’s net profit margins. After interviewing and analyzing the stories of these top leaders, Jennings delivers their hard- earned, battle-tested strategies, which will inspire any new leader to take the helm and start delivering. When Richard and Tim Smucker were appointed co-CEOs of The J. M. Smucker Company, they shared their strategy with everyone and got them on board with their mission. Since then, Smucker’s went on to dominate the markets and bring in billions of dollars of new business. Mike McCallister, the CEO of a twenty-billion-dollar health-services giant, decided to stop pretending and publicly admit that health insurance is broken. Humana began to replace a crippled, complex, and confusing system with one that works and has more than tripled revenues, earnings, and share price since McCallister took over. By processing change in bite-size pieces, Jeffrey Lorberbaum led Mohawk Industries through twenty successful acquisitions and turned his family’s carpet-making business into the largest flooring company in the world. Filled with engaging stories and lessons from the cream of the crop, Hit the Ground Running will help new leaders at every level balance short- and long-term goals as well as the needs of shareholders, employees, customers, and the community

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"As far as business books go, this is great. Saw him speak last month and decided to pick it up. In line with how I want to conduct business and lead."

— Michelle (4 out of 5 stars)

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About Jason Jennings

Jason Jennings is a researcher and one of the most prolific business and leadership authors in the world. He began his career as a radio and television reporter, later founding the media consulting firm Jennings-McGlothlin & Company. His programming and sales strategies are credited with revolutionizing many parts of the broadcasting industry.