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McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management
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McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition

by Elizabeth Haas Edersheim

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  • Title McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting
  • Author Elizabeth Haas Edersheim
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - full number line
  • Pages 305
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-04-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 170827045C
  • ISBN 9780471652854 / 0471652857
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.38 x 1.14 in (23.67 x 16.21 x 2.90 cm)
  • Reading level 1190
  • Library of Congress subjects Management, Leadership
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004299600
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658.46

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From the jacket flap

"Marvin's ideas were founded in basic human attributes of respect for others and promotion of self-esteem and courage. What made him a pioneer was that he took basic values into the business world-a fairly novel approach-to help leaders create value-based compasses for their own leadership. He valued the imagination of youth and understood the power of new ideas."
-From the Foreword by John McArthur

McKinsey & Company is one of the most successful management consulting firms in the world, serving a wide range of clients-from leading corporations to governments. But without the late Marvin Bower, McKinsey & Company would never have become the organization it is today. Former worldwide managing director Ron Daniel put it best when he stated that "McKinsey's impact, reach, power, and influence are directly traceable to Marvin-to his vision, his energy, his relentless determination, and his selfless commitment to making his firm-our firm-the preeminent institution it has become."

So how did Marvin Bower transform McKinsey & Company from a nearly defunct accounting and engineering firm into the preeminent advisor to senior executives and, on occasion, governments? How did he become the founding father of modern management consulting? And how did he put his innovative ideas into action? McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting takes you on a fascinating journey that details the personal beliefs and professional experiences that made Marvin Bower one of the most respected men in the world of business.

With the help of the late Marvin Bower and through numerous interviews with friends and colleagues, author Elizabeth Haas Edersheim offers an in-depth look at how this man made his vision of the consulting profession and the institution (McKinsey & Company) come to fruition. McKinsey's Marvin Bower is filled with intriguing stories that capture the defining moments of Bower's distinguished career. Decade by decade, you'll watch as Bower develops the innovative concept of management consulting and travels throughout the business world-inspiring organizational change and courage at each stop.

Even after Bower's retirement from McKinsey & Company, it is still fair to say that the story of Marvin Bower as an institution creator, profession builder, teacher, and leader's leader can provide valuable lessons applicable to a variety of professions-lessons as valuable today as they were in 1933, when Bower first joined McKinsey & Company.

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About the author

ELIZABETH HAAS EDERSHEIM worked for more than a year with Bower, completing the manuscript shortly before his death. Edersheim holds a PhD from MIT and worked at McKinsey from 1979 to 1988. She was the first woman partner in the Cleveland office and was a global leader of the firm's operations and manufacturing practices. After leaving McKinsey, Dr. Haas Edersheim founded New York Consulting Partners, Inc., and was the managing director for thirteen years until the firm was sold. She is now a strategic advisor to a number of companies, currently working with three Fortune 500 companies. She has written numerous articles for publications including the the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal.