Tuesday 29 November 2011

McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting"


Elizabeth Haas Edersheim "McKinsey's Marvin Bower: Vision, Leadership, and the Creation of Management Consulting"
Wiley | 2004-04-12 | ISBN: 0471652857 | 320 pages | File type: PDF | 2 mb

A wonderful book about a wonderful man. In many ways, Marvin's McKinsey framed the hypotheses in our own search for excellence-for example, passion for values, belief in people as the prime resource, and willingness to let people experiment. As well as I thought I knew Marvin, however, this remarkable book, drawing on the collective memories of those who worked most closely with him, taught me a ton about how extraordinary the man really was and what made him that way. Many have called Drucker the man who invented management; I think history will conclude that both he and Marvin Bower share that pedestal.
Marvin Bower became a legend, not just within McKinsey Company, but within professional services and the business world more broadly. In everything he did and said, he embodied the professional approach and the importance of values. This book sheds remarkable insight on a remarkable man and on the power of constancy of purpose.



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