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Bridges to Excellence: 8 Essentials for Career, Company and Community Success (Capital Business)
Bridges to Excellence 8 Essentials for Career Company and Community Success - Capital Business Author:Frank McDonough First and foremost this is a book about teamwork: teamwork for individual development and for building a successful company. Frank McDonough has found that when each team-member is given the opportunity to fully develop, great things can happen to a company in terms of quality, growth and sustainability. — In Bridges to Excellence, Frank McDonoug... more »h provides lessons learned from an exciting career spanning the world of the engineering and construction industry. Following seventeen years of diverse field and design experience on projects in many countries, he put that experience to good use by founding and building two leading professional service companies.
Based on these experiences, Frank developed his Eight Essentials''positive adherence to which leads to the development of individual team-members and the company. These Eight Essentials not only bring individuals the necessary balance they need to build their careers, but also develop the organization in an environment where meaningful work, family, and community happily co-exist. This work/life balance helps take the team-members and the company to the next generation of sustainable growth.
In Bridges to Excellence, Frank McDonough carefully crafts a chapter for each of his eight essentials (performance, attitude, skills, relationships, communications, drive, generosity, and growth) with personal insights on the development of individuals and their companies. The book provides sound advice for both the entrepreneur who wants to develop a successful people-oriented business and for the individual professional dedicated to building a satisfying and family-oriented career.
He offers an inspiring account of starting a company without financial backing, and growing it in a culture of teamwork, minimal hierarchy, and an unwavering commitment to development of the individual and the organization. He also discusses the importance of creating a successful transition of company ownership to the next generation, while maintaining the same culture of positive teamwork and growth.« less