"Good Enough" Isn't Enough...: Nine Challenges for Companies That Choose to Be Great

by Alan Weiss

With humour and intelligence, Alan Weiss seeks to deliver an important message: that companies that settle for mediocrity today may be failures tomorrow. In other words, good enough just isn't enough.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814405053
• ISBN13: 9780814405055
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Alan tells it like it is

Alan Weiss tells it like it is. If you want to learn from one of the best...read EVERYTHING Alan Weiss writes! Alan's insights and experience are second to none. I personally own just about every book Alan Weiss has written. He is not only a consultant's consultant, but he is also a gifted writer as well. Alan Weiss's advice, insights and knowledge will take years off your learning curve. This book is a must for your library. Lenny Laskowski, Author of National Best Selling Book: "10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking" President of LJL Seminars(tm)

Highly Recommended!

Alan Weiss's clarion call for corporate excellence may remind you of your parents' stern guidance in your youth. You weren't sure you wanted to listen to their traditional viewpoints, but you knew they were right. Weiss cites today's watered-down sense of social accountability as the bad seed that has spoiled corporate standards. He insists that constantly lowering standards is not the way to achieve lasting excellence. He warns that executives need to exercise common sense rather than chase every management fad they encounter or succumb to high-priced consultants. Similarly, he warns that executives who surround themselves with sycophants will get carried away with their own egos. At times, Weiss seems to get a bit carried away himself, regaling how he browbeat the service rep when his bottled water delivery went to the wrong address. But we [...] recommend this book as beneficial to executives - and even to consultants - as a refreshing throwback to days before the advent of kinder, gentler management.

If it's by Alan Weiss, it's worth reading

There's nobody who's writing about business today who makes more sense than Alan Weiss. His books are bright, lively and to the point. Weiss, one of the most respected consultants in America, knows what he is talking about and generously shares it with his readers.