Mind Your Own Business - Hardcover

Harman, Sidney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385509596 ISBN 13: 9780385509596

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2003

Synopsis

The unconventional CEO of Harman International Industries details hiw employee-centric, bottom-up approach to business success, sharing his thoughtful vision of leadership, personal responsibility, integrity, vitality, and values in business.

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About the Authors

<p><b>SIDNEY HARMAN, PH.D., </b> is the executive chairman of Harman International Industries. He served as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce from 1977 to 1978, founded the Program on Technology, Public Policy, and Human Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and is currently the chairman of the Program Committee of the Board of Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. He lives in Washington, D.C.</p>

Sidney Harman is the executive chairman of Harman International Industries.

From the Inside Flap

<p><b>“The maverick’s way of conducting business forswears the leader as commanding general; it rejects the practice of top-down, authoritative command. Rather, it proposes the leader as catalyst, conscience, and inspirer . . . The true leader sees his job as setting an environment in which new ideas can emerge that neither he nor any other individual anticipated. That leap of imagination, that moment of genuine creativity, can only be inspired by a leader who encourages exploration and shows a willingness to consider a totally new approach.” --from <i>Mind Your Own Business<br></i></b><br>The corporate misdeeds of self-serving executives during the high-octane economy of the 1990s have forced many people to rethink the qualities that make a strong leader. For sixty years, Sidney Harman, the chairman and CEO of the world’s premier manufacturer of high-end audio equipment, has stood apart from the crowd, building his business the old-fashioned way, by satisfying customers and, in doing so, making a healthy profit. His refreshingly employee-centric, bottoms-up approach to business is the secret of Harman International’s continuing success. <br><br>In <i>Mind Your Own Business</i>, Harman shares his visionary ideas about leadership, providing a welcome contrast to the bad behavior of business leaders recently dominating the news. Harman focuses on creating a culture of personal responsibility throughout his company. He likens his top management team to a jazz quartet that listens to and improvises with one another to create harmony. He stresses the need to do more for workers at every level because employees are the company’s most valuable asset. At Harman International, he has established in-house classrooms to teach English, basic math, health, and music, and encourages his employees to pursue their potential. <br><br>Now a hale and healthy eighty-five, Harman thinks that “an idea a day” is more important than the proverbial apple and that the key to a long life is a restless curiosity. In the bestselling tradition of Max DePree’s <i>Leadership Is an Art</i>, <i>Mind Your Own Business </i>is a frank, no-nonsense guide for those who want to bring strength, vitality, and values to their businesses—and to their lives.</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385509596
• ISBN 13: 9780385509596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196