Creating a Culture of Excellence: Changing the World of Work One Person at a Time

By Wil Davis

Book Overview

What would it require for our businesses to build and sustain a unique competitive advantage based on the value-add of our team members? From both personal and corporate experience gained over the last twenty-five years, Wil Davis has come to the conclusion that businesses need to reinvent themselves around value systems that work for both the individuals in the company and the company itself. Only by successfully engaging the whole persons with whom we work can we find the collective wisdom to build sustained commercial success. This book chronicles the merits and benefits of creating a corporate culture that breeds personal excellence for our team members, which is the solid foundation for organizational excellence and lasting success. What they are saying "Warning: This book is dangerous to those whose self-image depends on executive perks or a reputation for knowing how to say 'you're fired.' If you are not careful, you will find your management assumptions, your psyche, and your self-image undermined by the hard-nosed logic and corporate success of a 'preacher's kid' who is not afraid to preach a gospel of empowering others to maximize your bottom line." Steve Bell Professor of Telecommunications Ball State University Former news anchor of ABC's Good Morning America "The information from Creating a Culture of Excellence was the most significant we've ever received at our annual planning meeting. Every associate wanted me to express their appreciation to you." Richard Crist President Rutter Communications "WOW What a difference a day makes. After working through this material with our staff, I walked away with feelings of hope and excitement Personally and professionally, this really made a difference " Betty McBride Open Door Health Clinic

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420860410
• ISBN13: 9781420860412
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great book on the key competitive advantage - corporate culture

I read a lot of "organizational development" books as a part of my work as a business consultant. I have developed a real distaste for much of what is written because of what I call the "coroner's report" style. Simply put, most authors of these books are consultants who can describe what worked or didn't work only in the hindsight study of a company's culture they have observed "after the fact." What is so fresh and exciting about this book is we have a creator, not a coroner, who tells the 1st person story of the intentional building of a corporate culture. He has 25 years of personal laboratory experience in the same culture- growing it from a handful of people to over 500. Fans of Max DePree's books on leadership, "Leadership Is an Art" and "Leadership Jazz" will hear the same voice of personal experience and practical implementation of core values and beliefs about the impact of work on who we are as people. This is not "Corporate Culture for Dummies," and yet there is an elegance in the simplicity of "how to" lessons for immediate application in companies of almost any size. Although Wil addresses all lessons from the perspective of vision, mission and values, the practical nuggets of what to do right now to build a better company culture are on each page. This book is a great source for all managers and leaders in companies who are seeking to connect their teams to the greater power of work in our lives. The power that work has in helping the individual to become the person that he or she most wants to become. It is in the organization's interdependent relationship in this idea that the organization has the opportunity to become what it most wants to become.

What a way to view leadership!!!

Although his concept of leadership and approach to management is not new (it's been around for over 2000 years), Wil's application of these concepts in today's business world is practically unheard of. From colleagues to clients to vendors, "Creating a Culture of Excellence" becomes a step-by-step approach (by example) to building and retaining intellectual capital within and around the organization. As you'll read, the concepts Wil presents begin to merge managing a business successfully with living successfully. This book is a GREAT read, and will most definitely cause you to stop and think or re-think the way a successful organization should be --- "from the top down". Highly recommended for ANYONE to read.