The Driving Force, Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People

By Peter W. Schutz

Book by Peter W. Schutz This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932156119
• ISBN13: 9781932156119
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Pronounced Porsha

Peter has written a book about what it takes to create a great company through vision and perseverance. His lessons are highly relevant to today's business climate. I highly recommend it both for its entertaining portrayal of the ultimate fast cars but also how to run a business.

Delightful!

This a very good book and a delighful reading moreover if you are in the automotive industry or have some crush for race cars. Dr. Schutz mixes his experiences managing in the US and in Europe.

Driving Force is right on target!

Driving Force is an amazing book by Peter Schulz. Everyone aspiring to be a manager or is a manager should read this book.I read this book in three sittings. Peter is down to earth and wants to share his experiences to the world. He is a proven business leader and his writings come across with boldneess and clarity.

A Different Drummer

I found The Driving Force to be both delightfully engaging as biography and sanely instructive in its discussion of matters relating to business. Mr. Schutz writes in a direct and self-effacing manner, with both wit and conviction; his stories often having the character of parables in that the "lessons" they contain would seem not only applicable to business but to other areas of human interaction and decision making as well. His are not views commonly held, or practiced, by most of today's MBA trained business leaders but, given their many failures and Mr. Schutz's documented successes, perhaps should be. For those interested in management skills, a fascinating history of Porsche's return, and triumph, both in racing and business, or just a good story well told by a man whose own life seems itself to have been a most "extraordinary" journey, I would recommend this book most highly.

Peter Schutz is very very good!

I read this book in two sittings. He did not write this book out of a desire for fortune or fame. He has plenty of both. He wrote this book out of a desire to humbly share some of the things he has learned, and is on point. His focus on accountability, values, and the workers and customers is very similar to some of our other current business heros, such as Herb Kelleher and Michael Dell. This is a must read for any manager, executive, or leader. Or anyone who aspires to something better.I have read probably 100 books on management/leadership, and this is in the top five.