Memos from the Chairman

Alan C. Greenberg

ISBN 10: 0761103465 / ISBN 13: 9780761103462

Published by Workman Publishing Company, 1996

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Memos from the Chairman by Alan C. Greenberg with a foreword by warren Buffett 1st printing, March 1996 SIGNED Ace Greenberg did almost everything better than I do bridge, magic tricks, dog training, and arbitrage all the important things in life." WARREN BUFFETT Alan C. Greenberg, the former chairman of Bear, Stearns, and a celebrated philanthropist, was known throughout the financial world for his biting, quirky but invaluable and wise memos. Read by everyone from Warren Buffett to Jeff Bezos to Tom Peters ("I love this book," the coauthor of In Search of Excellence said), Greenberg s MEMOS FROM THE CHAIRMAN comprise a unique and uniquely simple management philosophy. Make decisions based on common sense. Avoid the herd mentality. Control expenses with unrelenting vigil. Run your business at the highest level of morality. Free your motivated, intelligent people from the chain of command. Always return phone calls promptly and courteously. Never believe your own body odor is perfume. And stay humble, humble, humble.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memos from the Chairman
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761103465
• ISBN 13: 9780761103462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Alan C. Greenberg, the former chairman of Bear, Stearns, and a celebrated philanthropist, was known throughout the financial world for his biting, quirky but invaluable and wise memos. Read by everyone from Warren Buffett to Jeff Bezos to Tom Peters ("I love this book," the coauthor of In Search of Excellence said), Greenberg's MEMOS FROM THE CHAIRMAN comprise a unique-and uniquely simple-management philosophy. Make decisions based on common sense. Avoid the herd mentality. Control expenses with unrelenting vigil. Run your business at the highest level of morality. Free your motivated, intelligent people from the chain of command. Always return phone calls promptly and courteously. Never believe your own body odor is perfume. And stay humble, humble, humble.

From the Back Cover

Ace Greenberg does almost everything better than I do-bridge, magic tricks, dog training, arbitrage-all of the important things in life. (Warren Buffet)

Make decisions based on common sense. Avoid the herd mentality. Control expenses with unrelenting vigil. Execute the fundamentals. Free your motivated, intelligent people from the chain of command. Hire PSDs. And stay humble, humble, humble.

These are just some of Alan C. Greenberg's management truths. And they've served him and his company well. Since taking over as chairman 18 years ago, this cigar-smoking, shirt-sleeved trader has helped transform Bear Stearns into one of the most profitable investment banks in the world.

And one way he's done it is through the judicious use of memos that inspire, exhort, and coax is colleagues on to ever-greater efficiency and prosperity. Now, after gathering a reputation in financial circles over the years, Ace Greenberg's wise and often humorous messages are collected in Memos From the Chairman, where they combine to create a unique management philosophy.

Focused, simple and sane, it's a philosophy that will benefit everyone in business, from Fortune 500 CEOs, to middle managers, to entrepreneurs.