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Confessions of an Accidental Businessman: It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom
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Confessions of an Accidental Businessman: It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom Hardcover - 1996

by Autry, James A

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This business autobiography of a corporate executive relates the management and leadership lessons which Autry, a Fortune 500 executive, has learned on his way to the top. according to Autry, knowing what to do is only part of becoming a leader; the only part is knowing how to be.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1996-10-07. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
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  • Title Confessions of an Accidental Businessman: It Takes a Lifetime to Find Wisdom
  • Author Autry, James A
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-10-07
  • Features Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-1576750035
  • ISBN 9781576750032 / 1576750035
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.71 x 0.92 in (21.59 x 14.50 x 2.34 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Management, Executives - United States - Biography
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96028186
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658

From the rear cover

Top business leaders use more than data, facts, and information to make important decisions. When describing their decision-making process, they refer to gut, instinct, intuition, and judgment - in other words, wisdom. Confessions of an Accidental Businessman traces one corporate executive's journey toward that most valuable commodity. In telling the story of his life in the business world, Autry uses real-life stories and anecdotes to illustrate the many lessons he has learned. He covers a vast range of nuts-and-bolts business topics, from cutting costs to community connections, from mentoring to men and women in the workplace, from layoffs to long-term product development. Throughout, he emphasizes the importance of learning how to be and not just what to do, and his belief that when all the data, facts, information, and knowledge are accumulated, a competent manager must still learn to look within for the wisdom that is the mark of a true leader.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/1996, Page 310
  • Library Journal, 10/01/1996, Page 94
  • LJ Best Business Books, 01/01/1997, Page 35
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/19/1996, Page 46

About the author

James A. Autry is an author, poet and consultant. Before taking early retirement in 1991 to pursue his present career, Autry was president of Meredith Corporation's Magazine Group, a 500 million dollar operation with more than 900 employees.